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wazbar's review
challenging
dark
tense
slow-paced
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
This book tries to hold up a mirror to the hatreds and bigotries of midcentury America, but misses the mark. Its horror and misery (and boy, is there a lot of horror and misery) comes off as contrived and fantastical rather than grounded.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Slavery, Misogyny, Cannibalism, Racial slurs, and Rape
It's horrific in a way that makes you think it must be serving some didactic point, but I could not tell you what that point is.
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