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Graphic: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Suicide attempt
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Cannibalism
Minor: Rape, War
Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, Colonisation
Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Incest, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Sexual content
- Gritty, direct writing style
- Mix of flawed, foolish, questionable, rude, self-righteous, unlikeable characters
- Historical horror rooted in real events
- Books to read by a campfire at night
- Paranormal folklore
- Claustrophobic group dynamics
- Men are the real horror
- Body swapping / contagion / skinwalker energy
- Old-timey road trip gone wrong
- Saviour romance elements
- Family burdens, guilt, and moral unraveling
- Gossip, politics, petty bickering social experiment
- Play stupid games, win stupid prizes frontier edition
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Colonisation
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment
Minor: Incest, Vomit
What an odd book... VERY dark. I didn't NOT like it, but it was very interesting. A supernatural twist on the Donner Party incident. Slow burn character dynamics, development, and intrigue with bursts of chaos. The timeline is so wild and jumps around. Multiple POVs, and even the way we get POVs changes. It will go from present day POV, to POV of someone writing a letter of what happened, then POV of someone's flashback. Very wild and disorienting, but to me it feels intentional and adds to the chaos and feeling of unease.
There are so many loose ends that I can't tell if I am upset that I didn't get closure or if I should give props to the author for leaving the reader with a sense of unfinished unease that will never rest.
I don't even know who I would recommend this book to. It is a slow burn with lots of suffering, so it is difficult to recommend that kind of story.
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Colonisation
Moderate: Homophobia, Incest
Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Homophobia, Incest, Sexual assault
Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol
Minor: Vomit
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Violence, Cannibalism, Murder
Moderate: Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Grief
Minor: Incest
Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation
Mi principal problema con este libro es ue le falta desarrollo y cuando llega al climax de la historia se siente endeble, especialmente siendo una historia tan terrorífica.
Capaz que mi problema es haber pensado que sería algo parecido a The Terror de Dan Simmons.
Igualmente es un buen libro si uno necesita una historia con gancho para pasar el rato.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, Colonisation