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The extremely graphic triggering part of the book doesn’t come in till like a third of the way through.
I liked the switching perspectives especially in the beginning. The chapters were short and there was a nice pace to the book. Toward the middle and end the chapters were long we and started to feel slow. The book was a bit predictable toward the end.
I did like the author’s writing style (although sometimes the dialogue got a bit cheesy) and would consider reading her future works.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
It really is a feminist epic. And it made me want to be less scared of insects, although i haven't gotten very far with that yet.
You should be aware of the potentially triggering themes in this book though. R*pe, domestic violence, miscarriage and termination of pregnancy are strong plot points.
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy
Minor: Alcoholism, Vomit, War
Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Sexual harassment
Initially the jumping back and forth between the 3 characters really irritated me as I felt it broke up the flow of the story. But towards the latter half this helped build tension across the narratives - tension was lacking quite often in each narrative on its own as not much came as a surprise!
There's some unfortunate over use of tropes around trauma that knocked this down a bit for me, just because it felt that the plot was pretty predictable rather than nuanced in how it looked at violence against women, and this left the characters feeling a bit flat at times.
Graphic: Gore, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Abortion, Death of parent
Moderate: Incest
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Stalking, Car accident, Abortion, Pregnancy
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment
Minor: Car accident
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Abortion, Pregnancy
Moderate: Confinement, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Incest, Rape, Abortion, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child abuse, Sexism, Blood, Medical trauma, Car accident
Minor: Forced institutionalization, Death of parent
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Abortion, Suicide attempt