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affabletoaster's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Took me about 2.5 hrs to read, which is shameful when you realize that I checked it out of the library twice because of my poor sitting-down-and-reading habits. Many thanks to my in-laws who watched my children while I devoured this at last!
Graphic: Terminal illness, Body horror, Animal death, and Suicide
Moderate: Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, and War
Minor: Misogyny, Grief, Gun violence, Transphobia, and Xenophobia
to_m's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Body horror
Minor: Transphobia
gardens_and_dragons'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? No
3.5
Also, I really enjoyed the use of you, pronouns in the book because it ties into the plot in a very unexpected way.
Graphic: Death and Animal death
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Transphobia and War
tnm94's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Animal death, Death, and Animal cruelty
Minor: Misogyny and Transphobia
seawarrior's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death and Terminal illness
Minor: Transphobia
dustghosts's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Terminal illness, Body horror, and Animal death
Moderate: Confinement, Medical content, Terminal illness, Death, and Vomit
Minor: Transphobia and War
obscurepages's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
CW: body horror, graphic violence, fatal injuries, injuries due to war, PTSD, amputation, animal death, mild transphobia
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Marking this book as part of reading challenge: #ReadQueerly2023.
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, War, Violence, Body horror, Death, Gore, Animal death, and Murder
Minor: Transphobia and Homophobia
crownoflaurel's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Murder, Suicide, and Transphobia
wrestleacademic's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Animal death and Body horror
Moderate: Terminal illness, Transphobia, and War
lizgriffinwords's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
I read this in about 4 hours (audiobook at 1.5 speed). Highly recommend the audiobook. The trans rep and non-binary pronouns feel both clever and natural. And the supporting characters are so charming.
TW: brief transphobia (more ignorant than malicious, IMHO), horror elements including body horror, animal death
Moderate: Body horror and Animal death
Minor: War and Transphobia