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Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Infertility, Infidelity, Racism, Slavery, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Death of parent, Classism
Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Excrement, Alcohol
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Sexual violence, Violence
Moderate: Body horror
Minor: Death
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Rape, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Cannibalism, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Gore, Infertility, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent
Minor: Miscarriage
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Cannibalism
Moderate: Child death, Death
Minor: Pedophilia, Rape, Dementia, Trafficking, Death of parent
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Trafficking
Minor: Death of parent
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Cannibalism
Moderate: Gore, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment
Minor: Excrement
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cannibalism
The premise of the story is utterly horrifying, especially when you could easily see this becoming a thing in the future! The whole book was weird and disgusting, but I was surprised by the ending and did not see it turning out that way beforehand. Although in hindsight, I suppose it was kind of obvious that would happen!
It’s odd because none of the characters are likeable, but I found the MC hard to read at times. Sometimes he has traces of compassion glinting through, then others he doesn’t. You can’t really tell what his true thoughts actually are.
Sometimes I found the writing was confusing as the author refers to the MC as “he” a lot, so sometimes, like in scenes with other males, it’s not always absolutely obvious whether “he” means the MC or the other male figure in the scene, and sometimes it takes another sentence or two before you click which “he” the author means.
There were some really strange metaphors too that didn’t really make sense to me, for instance, “His sister’s words are like boxes filled with blank paper”, and “His sister’s words are like dried leaves piled up in a corner, rotting”. What does that even really mean?! It added to the weirdness of the book, for sure.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Blood, Dementia, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Confinement, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail