Reviews tagging 'Cannibalism'

The Summer that Melted Everything by Tiffany McDaniel

8 reviews

larinda_booksandanxiety's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• 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

5.0

Wow. Beautifully written. I read a review of this book before I read it and it said, "devastatingly beautiful." This is an accurate description. The premise is basically, the devil was invited to town and came. Though the "devil" revealed himself, I'm unsure of who or what really was the devil. This book reads like poetry...tragic poetry. Very emotional.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Homophobia, Racism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Gun violence, Murder, and Racism

Minor: Cannibalism

littlelizzieborden's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Child abuse, Grief, Racial slurs, Self harm, and Suicide

Minor: Kidnapping, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Animal death

thedaddymothman's review against another edition

reflective sad tense slow-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

Up until the last few chapters, this book was a 3 star read for me. But my god… the writing is beautiful and it just does grief so well… 

and Eloheim?!?! I knew he was bad but GOD that was WILD. My JAW DROPPED

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Murder, Child death, Suicide, and Self harm

Moderate: Miscarriage and Cannibalism

deliriumania's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Racism, Homophobia, and Suicide

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Animal death

Minor: Cannibalism and Torture

kayleighcanread's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Murder, Homophobia, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death and Bullying

Minor: Cannibalism and Rape

irisfromthevillage's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Racial slurs, and Racism

Minor: Cannibalism

lorylor's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, Torture, Suicide, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Minor: Cannibalism, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Miscarriage

whatellisreadnext's review

sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

This book was torture to read. This is what happens when an author tries to write about too many things at once. Every single message gets lost. There were pockets of good writing, but for the most part, the emotional exhaustion from reading this overshadowed everything.

My two main issues were:
1) the setting of 1984 to utilise HIV/Aids as a shocking plot point
2) the fact we are told to give empathy to the white supremacists that brutally murder a black child. Again this was utilised as a plot point to shock the reader. 

This book is written by a white woman. It came out 5 years ago, but if it was released now, it would be getting major backlash. It didn't sit right with me, and I recommend you don't read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Racism

Loss of a child