Reviews

The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw

whammajamma's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

cd777's review against another edition

4.0

4.25 stars!!! Will write a more in-depth review once my nails dry

chavonnwshen's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

sutterkeely's review against another edition

3.0

Story was interesting and creepy, but excessive use of flowery language made me struggle to finish an already short novella.

mcroche's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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? It's complicated

4.75

Almost a perfect five. I really, really, really liked this books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Torture

Moderate: Death and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault

_readrateandrepeat's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.5

gnomely's review against another edition

4.0

beautiful, gory and poetic. grotesque. beautiful language, great ending. 

'This pain is transitory, the signal of a body that is learning to change, to better itself.' 

mariankip's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

bellthebiscuit's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

It's like if the Little Mermaid happened in the lore of the Dark Souls universe, specifically Bloodbourne.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Child death, Body horror, and Gore

fable_encounters's review against another edition

2.0

This was my first Cassandra Khaw book. The description was so interesting and I was so excited to read it.

Within the first two sentences I had to stop to look up what a word meant. This continues throughout the book and makes it a very time consuming read for such a short novella.

The premise of the story could have been very good, but with the use of the unnecessary elaborate words it made the story fall to the wayside.

I really wanted to like this book, but in feel like I don’t even know what I read.