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Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Trafficking, Murder, War
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Cannibalism, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Rape, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury
Themes: 4 stars
Characters: 4 stars
Plot: 4 stars
Worldbuilding: 4.5 stars
Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Minor: Sexual assault, Suicide
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail
I feel something moved inside me.
I will absolutely check out the author's other book(s)
Wow.
Just wow.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Classism
Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Cannibalism, War
Moderate: Mental illness
Minor: Sexual assault
Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Minor: Sexual content, Excrement, Vomit
Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, Classism
☆ Writing Style 3/5 (definitely not for everyone)
☆ Characters 4/5 (a huge cast)
☆ Plot 3/5 (A relatively simple plot told in a very convoluted way)
☆ Setting 5/5
☆ Feels 3/5
☆ Spiciness 2/5
☆ Gore 5/5
If this were a movie it'd be rated: R for mild sexual situations, violence, body horror, frequent mentions of sexual assault, disturbing imagery, dismemberment, cannibalism, gore...this one goes to some really dark places
☆FOR FANS OF: Dark fairy tales; The Neverending Story
Ultimate verdict: ☆☆☆/5
☆☆☆Best Character Award goes to:☆☆☆ "You"
Review: A story of a thousand voices
This is one of the densest, hardest to read, most imaginatively told novels I've ever read. You'll know probably within the first 40 pages if this is for you or not. Every single character is purposefully given a POV even if it's just a single line, and the perspective changes from first, second, and third. All the different tenses are used. While this is incredibly cool, it can be extremely off-putting to the detriment of the story itself.
If you have the stamina to endure the way this story is being told to you, you get a very dark adventurous fantasy tale that spans literal generations of people and what's real and unreal is questionable at best. The story takes place in the Inverted Theatre, a literal theatre of dreams and nightmares, and the whole novel feels just as hazy and bizarre as trying to piece together a fever dream.
Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
This was so beautifully written and I’ve never had a book give me insane chills like that ever.
Though I will say, the switching of POVs is a little difficult at first especially within the first 100 pages. The best way to consume it is by annotations, but honestly, you want nothing more than to talk to this text. And it does get graphic, heed trigger warnings.
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder