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betzal_eel's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I'm not terribly familiar with the horror genre, so I don't feel like the best judge of this as a work of horror in terms of tropes, but I liked how the themes of loss/grief and responsibility were continuous through the story. There are some reviews that I saw that said the ending feels like a deus ex machina and really out of nowhere, and while that makes sense if you are judging this as a zombie story, I personally feel like it was consistent with the themes I previously mentioned.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Ableism, Child death, and Suicide
Minor: Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Pregnancy, and Domestic abuse
If descriptions of swimming in deep water, drowning, or near drowning are triggers for you, be aware that there is a lot of that in this book.inkylabyrinth's review
"...knocking her into a wheelchair, possibly for the rest of a life..." "...when she was younger, in the before time when Evie was normal..." "Now she's a burden."
Three strikes and I'm out. "Normal" isn't the opposite of disabled; disabled people (especially children!) are never burdens; and one is not trapped or confined to a wheelchair--a wheelchair, like all mobility aids, are freedom.
Three strikes and I'm out. "Normal" isn't the opposite of disabled; disabled people (especially children!) are never burdens; and one is not trapped or confined to a wheelchair--a wheelchair, like all mobility aids, are freedom.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Ableism and Car accident
i_dontcaroline's review against another edition
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Grief, Death of parent, and Medical trauma
throughtheeluvian's review against another edition
55% in, it was still just build up. And it felt like the major mysteries were already cleared up. I didn't really feel like sticking about for the "people dying and chaos" that this was building up to. No hook was presented that I cared about.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Car accident, and Ableism
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, and Religious bigotry
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