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sarah_shelf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Gore, Animal cruelty, and Animal death
Moderate: Classism, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Blood, and Gaslighting
Minor: Death of parent and Kidnapping
riaxandra's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
The writing itself Is very enjoyable and descriptive. And then u get the the point of the dmstory whe half of it doesn't make sense. Most of it reads as a fever dream. Which is supposedly the meaning of the book but also I have had so many toughts and speculation which most of them were true and not true at the same time. And I am still confused slightly. Maybe have to reread the ending. Seemed lightly si.ple and at the same time not.?
Just writing my toughts after finishing the book. Fresh in my mind... what happened actually to certain characters? Where they actually real? What about the ones I actually tought that were? Many questions that were left unawnsered maybe for better reason.
Graphic: Animal death and Death
Moderate: Drug use, Animal death, Death, and Death of parent
Minor: Drug use and Animal death
The main character seemes ir is hHighworth half of the book. The is some animal abuse or and definetly death Involved. Cults and hive mind mentality. Most likely main character feeling deterioration and delusion.wannabe_lee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Bullying, Self harm, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Body horror, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Death, and Drug use
Minor: Abandonment, Car accident, Alcohol, Addiction, Rape, and Alcoholism
heartofhorrors's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Mental illness, Cursing, Death of parent, Blood, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Drug use, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Death, and Murder
katelynnelawson's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Gore, Violence, Murder, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Death, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Body horror, and Animal death
Moderate: Classism, Alcohol, and Drug use
Minor: Death of parent, Addiction, and Rape
ahleetzel's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Classism, and Blood
Moderate: Self harm
aidareads's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Blood and Gore
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Rape
micallab's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Drug abuse, Death, and Animal death
Minor: Death of parent
vic_mcqueen's review against another edition
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
The pacing of this is quite nice. It's pretty steady throughout. I found myself eager to know what happens next. By the halfway point, I was unsure what was real and what was created by the MC.
This would be a book I'd add to my 'Wish I could read it again for the first time' list for sure.
Moderate: Blood and Gore
Minor: Death of parent and Mental illness
loxeletters's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
It was quite depressing at times, which is why I couldn't rate this as "funny" even though the satirical aspects worked well. I guess that is the horror of this book for me - I wasn't very affected by the gore, I was never really scared, more just very depressed by the ongoing loneliness of our MC.
I can't say I could've guessed most of the major twists, which is a plus :)
Speaking of which, I agree that it's quite disorienting and difficult to figure out what is real and what isn't, but I think that's the point. I mean... They even discuss in the book how disorientation can be valuable for writing lol.
I did think the final scene was maybe a bit too clean-cut.
But this is somewhat nit-picky!
My second issue was the prose - overall it was good, but some phrasings were a bit repetitive for me. Maybe some adjectives could've been cut out as well. But that's just my personal taste, I think.
Overall, a very interesting book, which leaves you questioning what is real and what isn't, while providing some much-needed cultural criticism — exactly my cup of tea!
Graphic: Animal death, Toxic friendship, and Drug abuse
Moderate: Alcohol, Classism, Gore, Murder, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Grief, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Sexual content and Car accident