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maviemerveilleuse's review against another edition
Beautiful prose, but both the dialogue and plot were too much.
The postbellum letters were by far my favorite part.
The postbellum letters were by far my favorite part.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Suicide
barfbabe's review
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Death, Body horror, Grief, and Cancer
funktious's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
A strange, sad book this. Not at all what I expected. An interesting meditation on death and grief, with virtually no plot, beautiful prose but ultimately, too much decomposition for me to really enjoy - it just activated my body horror ick.
I really enjoyed the 19th century sections and would have liked more of those.
I really enjoyed the 19th century sections and would have liked more of those.
Desire, of course, on my part has been shooed away by the Lord. Though sometimes I think I see it, raggedy, out back among the mossy pavers, like a child cutting across yards to get to school. One sees a darting through the gum trees and hickories that have come back from the winter's scorching freeze. Oh, yes, I say to the darting thing, the fluff of a dandelion clock or a milkweed puff: I sort of remember you.
Also an excellent road trip narrative, decomposition aside.
Though they were moving forward down the moody road, the road seemed instead to be rushing toward them, so that they were like needles being threaded.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Suicide
caseythereader's review against another edition
funny
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
Wtf was the point of that?
Thanks AAKnopf for the free advance copy of this book.
Thanks AAKnopf for the free advance copy of this book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Murder, Body horror, Suicide attempt, Death, Medical content, Cancer, Animal death, Suicide, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Ableism and Racism
Minor: Sexual content
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