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4.2 AVERAGE
4.2 AVERAGE
It's a bit weird to advertise this so strongly as a novel when it definitely feels more like a collection of interconnected novellas and short stories. It even has a contents page with the titles of the sections. I liked the order they were presented in and would recommend reading them in order. The third story felt slow and boring near the beginning, which is worrying when you're in the first half of a 725 page book, but I really enjoyed it when things did start picking up. The final story also seemed to end very abruptly, although I quite liked the ending itself.
The character of Mercedes and some of her buddies did veer towards cartoonish in parts, which might ruin it for some people, but I didn't mind.
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Xenophobia, Trafficking, War
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
all of the characters are flawed and suck in different ways. v spooky.
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder
Graphic: Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment
Graphic: Body horror, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Vomit
