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celina246's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
i wanted to love it and give it a 4 so badly but i just can't.
Graphic: Blood, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Body horror, Death, and Gore
Moderate: Grief and Kidnapping
slavic_bookworm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Murder, and Violence
Minor: Grief and Cannibalism
itsheyfay's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Kidnapping, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Torture, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Abandonment, Medical content, Confinement, and Medical trauma
Minor: Pregnancy
blackthornfaery's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Body horror, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Torture
Moderate: Pregnancy
mattyb's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Addiction, Confinement, Medical content, Stalking, Trafficking, Drug use, Sexual harassment, Torture, and Violence
Minor: Cannibalism
wrensreadingroom's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Confinement, Cursing, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Vomit, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, and Sexual content
sunshinestark's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Gore, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Body horror
madamenovelist'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
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Gore, Vomit, Violence, Confinement, Child death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Alcohol, Torture, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Drug use, Death, Cursing, and Addiction
ash_ton'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
4.75
Graphic: Gore, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Grief, Kidnapping, Child death, Torture, Medical content, Murder, and Physical abuse
Minor: Cannibalism, Kidnapping, and Vomit
cameronreads's review
2.0
My opinions on the plot and characters of this book are rather average. I think the basic idea was there, but something about the pacing and what this book emphasised was off. I wasn't all that attached to the characters, especially because the character we're meant to be saving all through this book is never seen on page until the end. It meant the stakes didn't feel very high. To be honest, I would have read a whole book about one of the point of views (May's) if it had been expanded on and we had got to spend a bit more time with it (and there wasn't such antisemitic themes).
I do however like the casual queer representation. The main characters are ace and bi respectively, and there's a pan side character, and all of these words are said on page. There's no prejudice against them because of their sexualities, and the main romance is a sapphic one. That was all really nice to see.
I'm really mad about this one - I loved Bovalino's other book and the other goblin market retelling I've read (In An Absent Dream, Seanan McGuire) so I really wanted to love this too. Unfortunate.
Graphic: Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Confinement, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Child death, Grief, and Torture
Minor: Death of parent