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chernobylcat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Classism, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Vomit, and Violence
scorpioness's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Sexual assault and Incest
fengari'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
5.0
Graphic: Grief, Self harm, Alcoholism, Violence, Suicide, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, and Incest
catherinebullions'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
2.75
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Racism, and Antisemitism
biab00's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Classism, Toxic friendship, Self harm, Incest, Alcohol, Death, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Murder, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, and Rape
Moderate: Body horror, Blood, Addiction, Homophobia, and Suicide
athrillerreader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Murder, Racism, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Animal cruelty, and Sexual assault
daybreakreads'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? Yes
3.0
Last 10%: twist ending was interesting, and I enjoyed it, but it didn’t justify the 22 hours I spent listening to the audiobook. The author was the voice actor, and the voice she used for Bunny was incredibly irritating.
Interesting notes:
- this is a slow burn. Doesn’t pick up at all until ~50%. The writing style is intriguing
- none of the characters (even side ones) are “good guys”
- there’s a ton of random racist/antisemetic/homophobic comments, but they’re usually a one-off thing. The only exception to this was 3/4 of the way through there was a recurring trend of anti-Arab things that served no point to the overall plot whatsoever. It was odd for a book written in the 90s. There was a fake country full of “jihadist terrorists” mentioned several times, “sand [n word]” used against a Palestinian (who was only written for a brief moment in which he was yelling as the “angry Arab man” stereotype, “Arab” and “Arabic” were used incorrectly, general xenophobic remarks, etc. And then it just randomly stopped.
As a Muslim the last thing just came across a bit ridiculous more than anything. I didn’t see the relevance, or the reason to focus significantly more on that than the other marginalized groups.
Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Self harm, Mental illness, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Alcohol, Classism, Death, Incest, Blood, Bullying, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Xenophobia, and Violence
Minor: Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Antisemitism, Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Rape, Islamophobia, Racial slurs, and War
stinkeypasta's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Addiction, Incest, Emotional abuse, Death, Cursing, Car accident, Racism, Mental illness, Classism, Antisemitism, Drug use, Murder, Gore, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Self harm, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, and Suicide
leonie_borsch's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Incest, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Self harm
archiedh'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
3.0
Graphic: Alcoholism and Drug abuse
Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Violence
Minor: Homophobia and Sexual assault