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eni_iilorak's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Cursing, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, War, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Torture, and Car accident
Moderate: Slavery, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, and Racism
usually_sleep_deprived's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Cursing, Police brutality, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Gaslighting, Gore, Alcohol, Car accident, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Toxic friendship, Suicide, and Torture
giannacolo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Murder, Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Racism, Alcohol, Infidelity, Slavery, Cursing, Death of parent, Car accident, and Gore
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
purlhaggard's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Racism and Cultural appropriation
corriejn's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Rape, Animal death, Sexual content, Violence, Death, Drug abuse, Murder, Child death, Gun violence, Alcohol, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Sexual assault, Torture, Drug use, Sexual violence, and Racism
Moderate: Religious bigotry, Kidnapping, Excrement, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Xenophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, Car accident, Cannibalism, War, Colonisation, and Animal cruelty
marthadude's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Gaslighting, Grief, Alcohol, Body horror, Car accident, Child death, Fatphobia, Gore, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Slavery, Vomit, War, Blood, Death, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Violence
Moderate: Animal death, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Colonisation, Slavery, and Racism
Minor: Incest, Pedophilia, and Adult/minor relationship
444christina's review against another edition
Moderate: Colonisation, Death, Racial slurs, Misogyny, and Racism
veganecurrywurst's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and War
Moderate: Animal death, Car accident, Child death, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Slavery
Minor: Car accident, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, and Police brutality
skudiklier's review against another edition
3.0
For most of this book, I couldn't really tell you what it was about, or what the main plot was. Not that that's always a bad thing, but still.
Graphic: Body horror, Car accident, Death, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, and Murder
Moderate: Fatphobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, and Sexual content
Minor: Pedophilia
Anti-Romani slur (g slur) Predatory relationship between older man and young girl who may be underage Body horror to do with corpses, maggots, etcvulturetime's review against another edition
3.0
For example, the gods in America include versions of the gods of immigrants (Norse, Egyptian, Indian are the most common ones). There are also a few entities from various Native American tribes mentioned, the biggest one being the thunderbirds. Considering this set up, I was interested in how it worked at all, because there are definitely people who believe in the aforementioned pantheons outside of the US. An answer got hinted at at the end but it really doesn’t cover the question.
Additionally, the fact that God was not present was a bit... interesting. With the implications of the book, the God of Christianity versus the God of Judaism versus the God of Islam would all be different entities, in a sense. How does that account for different branches of these religions, is what I wonder. Is the reason no monotheistic God was mentioned was because there were enough believers so that didn’t include them in the “war”? Then that implies that Hinduism doesn’t have enough followers, since iirc Kali was one of the “American” gods in the book that was facing decline. Like there are a lot of logistics that I wish had been fleshed out a bit more instead of a so called war that... didn’t really happen?
Oh and also
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Antisemitism, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Slavery
There are a few scenes in which there’s sexual content (esp in the beginning) though they are longer scenes; The n-word is used twice by one person in the beginning; the racism and anti Semitism comes with a character who only appears once, and it’s just by the description that that character is “scared” of black people and Jews; anti Semitism is also brought up because there’s a paragraph about the Holocaust and concentration camps; suicidal thoughts and language only appears twice iirc, and there’s one part where someone gives himself up to supposedly die; there’s also a part in one paragraph where a character is flirting with a waitress and is told “C’mon. She looks barely legal” and that character replies with “I’ve never been overly concerned about legality”; genocide is for the mention of the Holocaust and the Trail of Tears; there’s an interlude chapter that follows a pair of siblings sold into slavery. It also includes mention of rape and underage sex.