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anniepatt's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Animal death, and Murder
Minor: Abortion
abookdork's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Sexual violence, Torture, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, and Violence
caoimhemia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Drug use, Torture, Death, Gore, Murder, Animal death, Blood, and Animal cruelty
Moderate: Alcoholism
kleddy13's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Gore, Torture, Death, Animal death, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
battybookworm'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? It's complicated
2.0
I will also say, this book is written very specifically in the US and takes a lot of culture and history as a source for its plot. However, the author is not from the US and there were many random wording errors that made it rather disbelievingly placed in the US (some things felt rather obvious like how we say going to the hospital rather than being in hospital, likely could've been edited out at some point). I don't think this is the worst offense in books, but I do think that it allowed the author to sort of surface level many of the characters without giving them backing to actually make sense in the world. This is mostly a racial thing, basically every major character is a POC but it feels silly at the end when this is suddenly revealed.
Beyond all that, my favorite part was Kirby and there's a part of me that still wants more of her. I wish the book had given her more time, made her more central. It focused so intently on Harper and his murders when we already kinda had the gist there. Kirby was complex and strange and I never felt like we saw that as internally or fully as we did Harper's getting his rocks off.
Graphic: Physical abuse, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gaslighting, Gore, Stalking, Body horror, Medical trauma, Death, Murder, Violence, Misogyny, Grief, Medical content, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Abortion, Addiction, and Drug use
This book depicts multiple graphic murder events in fairly slim but clear detail. If you cannot stomach violence that includes stabbing and gore, I would recommended missing this book.petragrlpwr's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty
valjeanval's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Also, while the time travel element is cool, the paradoxes always hurt my brain a bit. The writing was good enough that my suspension of disbelief was only strained rather than snapping.
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Gore, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Stalking
Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Cursing, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Outing, and Suicide
Minor: Racism, Transphobia, Sexism, Abortion, and Gun violence
sophiemlpink's review against another edition
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Torture, Violence, Murder, Gore, Sexism, and Misogyny
Moderate: Homophobia and Racism
queersubtext's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Torture, Stalking, Body horror, Animal death, Drug use, Confinement, Blood, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Gore, Misogyny, and Medical trauma
cmkrasman's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Violence, Mental illness, and Murder