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4.59 AVERAGE
4.59 AVERAGE
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
tense
fast-paced
I've read through Serious Weakness five times now, because I'm fucked in the head I guess. It's a good book, it'll do things to you, and if you like what it does maybe you'll come back to it a few times. Maybe even if you don't like what it does.
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
tense
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
finally, a book that gets it! it starts good and then gets better. really fascinating and engaging characters, one of the best explorations of neurodivergence i've ever seen, horrible explicit violence, what more could you want? i just dropped out of uni because of adhd so reading something that really acknowledges how painful and exhausting it is to conform to even the bare minimum of society's standards was nice. and it's also like really fucking funny.
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Allistic people aren't real, Trianon. They can't hurt you.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Mass/school shootings
challenging
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
i can't possibly remember all the warnable content this book contains
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
A deeply gripping book, from the first page I just wanted to blitz through it. Lots of descriptions that are at the same time erotic and nauseating, and one passage in specific that made me sick to imagine. The tension created when Insul first kidnaps Trianon is truly horrible. There's a lot of legitimately hilarious moments, both in everyday ways and in 'dark' ways.
I wasn't really sure if this would be the kind of book that I'd enjoy, and while I can't say that I necessarily ended up liking Oenone, Trianon, or Insul, I am kind of happy for how/where they ended up. I also appreciate the ever-shifting perspective, the third/second/first and the morse (?) code. Really inhabits Trianon's head.
I wasn't really sure if this would be the kind of book that I'd enjoy, and while I can't say that I necessarily ended up liking Oenone, Trianon, or Insul, I am kind of happy for how/where they ended up. I also appreciate the ever-shifting perspective, the third/second/first and the morse (?) code. Really inhabits Trianon's head.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Body shaming
Minor: Eating disorder, Incest
On the dysphoria, eating disorder, and incest CWs:
Trianon is not trans, but is kind of force-femmed and as a result is a little uncomfortable with being femmed.
Trianon isn't framed as having an eating disorder but by virtue of his kidnapping has his food restricted heavily, to the extent that his relationship to food is warped.
Trianon and Insul aren't related, but Insul mentions at least twice (in a romantic/sexual context) that Trianon is like a little brother to him.
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
funny
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Erm.... what the scallop
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Rape
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
yaoi cocaine overdose. too edglelord-y at times but a lot of nuggets really resonated and i became endeared to these characters nonetheless