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acgeorge's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Blood, Torture, Sexual violence, Transphobia, and Murder
Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Gore, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Dysphoria, and Grief
oktrouble1401213's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
Graphic: Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Rape, and Transphobia
alexxcp's review
- 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? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Violence, Transphobia, Body horror, and Blood
Moderate: Sexual violence, Rape, Fatphobia, Murder, and Sexual assault
aswarmofbees's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
Graphic: Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship
babayagareads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
This book is definitely not for the weak-stomached.
I'm content with having read this piece, but it's not one that I'm going to recommend to others. If you're thinking of reading something that is going to make you uncomfortable, go ahead.
The biggest content warning I've got is also a spoiler: very early in this book there is
Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Suicide, Drug use, Car accident, Deadnaming, Rape, Confinement, Genocide, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Gun violence, Slavery, Transphobia, Violence, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Gore, Terminal illness, Child death, Murder, Outing, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, War, Body shaming, Biphobia, Sexual assault, Death, Fatphobia, and Body horror
You want to feel uncomfortable? This book has it all!alienguy's review
i think all stories about trans people are important. i'll fiercely defend this book's existence, but it's absolutely not for me, lmfao
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Cannibalism, Deadnaming, Transphobia, Violence, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Rape, Blood, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Fatphobia, Ableism, Gore, Hate crime, Dysphoria, Sexual assault, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death
izpalm's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
Graphic: Rape, Cannibalism, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, Homophobia, Death, Cursing, and Sexual content
Minor: Deadnaming
mohr_adventurous's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, and War
carg24's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Sexual assault and Violence
imaginary_space's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
If you don't like splatter, gore and brutality, this book is not for you. But if you don't mind those things, you're in for an engaging story that has a lot to say about our modern world, some biting social commentary, a bit of satire, with interesting characters who all feel authentic and real, who are flawed and learn and sometimes also don't. Felker-Martin has a lot to say and she says it in a unique voice.
I'm not sure if I am giving this book 4 or 5 stars, which usually means I should have eye-read it (in which case it would have been 5 stars) and not listened to it (in which case it gets 4 stars).
Graphic: Body horror, Sexual assault, Rape, Pregnancy, and Sexual violence