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naomi_k's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcohol, Body horror, Gore, Murder, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Sexual content
Minor: Cannibalism, Incest, Blood, Child death, Torture, Pedophilia, Cursing, Adult/minor relationship, and Child abuse
aguattery's review against another edition
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.5
This book is a good mix of hits and misses. Some of the stories felt like shells of a story that needed to be fleshed out more. Some of the stories were too scary for my taste, some of them I just didn't get (maybe they were too deep or too subtle?). Oppositely, some of them were fantastic. I probably wouldn't read the whole thing again but I would definitely read select stories.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, and Violence
Moderate: Child death and Sexual content
Minor: Abortion
miriam_mal's review against another edition
His writing is fairly graphic and grim, and I personally found “the problem with Susan” to be particularly uncalled for (as someone who loves narnia, I did not need to read that take on the lion and the witch). He writes so much about sex, lust, grief, as well as monsters and death and even cannibalism at one point. It’s not a comfortable read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Cannibalism
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