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howesj's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Moderate: Ableism, Racial slurs, Antisemitism, and Racism
lynxpardinus's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Gaslighting, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Toxic friendship, and Violence
Moderate: Body horror, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Torture, Infidelity, Ableism, Alcohol, and Animal cruelty
Minor: Car accident
Further warning for an implied teacher/student relationship, and at least one use of the R slur.otherworlds's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
and idk if the bitter feelings re: her own pretentiousness among other pretentious art students was a feature of the character or the author, but either way it really grated on my nerves. no, more than that, the narration was SO self-deprecating that it made me outright uncomfortable. i can see how it aids the theme insofar as talking about the empty performative nature of the professional art scene, but it still wasn't my cup of tea.
the reason i'm taking a good half-star off this review, though, is that the author uses slurs in her prose to make it sound more edgy. saying someone looked like "a r*tarded baby", or referring to romani people by the g slur in fetishistic imagery, or using 'schizophrenic' as an insult... idk what she was going for with this but whatever it was, it fell flat for me.
that being said the plot was very interesting and original, the prose was engaging, the relationship between the main character and her best friend really tugged a chord with me, and i liked the ending. just, not enough to overlook the issues i had with this book.
Graphic: Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, and Body horror
Moderate: Self harm
Minor: Racism, Ableism, Murder, and Racial slurs
Main character is non-consensually drugged at many points.madarauchiha's review against another edition
4.5
An odd, weird, phantasmagorical, interesting, horrifying novel. note if you're bored skip to ch 13 it starts to pick up there.
Content warnings.
minor medical content, ableism, ableist r slur, animal death, anti Rromani g slur, gore, cannibalism, racial fetishization, racism, self harm, drug use smoking tobacco, whorephobic language, antisemitism lizard people topic. its brief and not obviously aimed towards Jewish people but that hardly matters, and it does come up often enough.
medium alcohol use, animal death, animal hunting, anti Rromani g slur, anti Rromani sentiment, classism, drug abuse, parental death, rape, sexual content, sexual harassment, suicide ideation, whorephobic language
major alcohol use, animal death, confinement?, death, drug use, gore, kidnapping, self harm, sexual content, toxic friendships, unreality
Graphic: Sexual content, Alcohol, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Drug use, Self harm, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Animal death, Alcohol, Death of parent, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Drug use, Ableism, Animal death, Racism, Cannibalism, Medical content, Racial slurs, Self harm, Xenophobia, and Antisemitism