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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
This was fine- slow at the beginning but really picked up by the end.
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
An interesting story of womanhood. I liked the idea of “the god of inside” v. “The god of outside”, I think that is an interesting topic to think about even today. I wish it was scarier - it’s classified as horror but I it only has some gore, no true horror and hardly a sense of foreboding. I kept waiting for something crazy to happen, but even the weird stuff was not all that weird. Overall, it was a decent feminist tale in the early 1900s, and I enjoyed the journal format, but I probably wouldn’t necessarily recommend or read again.
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Diverse cast of characters:
No
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Wild ride
The horror of the feminine
Gotta squish my hands into the dirt
The horror of the feminine
Gotta squish my hands into the dirt
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
i need to take a very long shower after this
dark
emotional
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The book is slow paced for the most part, and then the final quarter fuckin' sprints.
The spooky aspects of this piece are mostly understated or sparse... frankly, a lot of the worst horrors are the perfectly ordinary treatment of people (especially women) by each other.
This book is feminist in that it has quiet simmering rage, and shows the terrible consequences of how society treats women... but it doesn't offer hope. This is a book about the problem, not about solutions.
The spooky aspects of this piece are mostly understated or sparse... frankly, a lot of the worst horrors are the perfectly ordinary treatment of people (especially women) by each other.
This book is feminist in that it has quiet simmering rage, and shows the terrible consequences of how society treats women... but it doesn't offer hope. This is a book about the problem, not about solutions.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Miscarriage
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse