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Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail
I think I appreciate this book so much because it made me feel. A lot. Frequently. I've never shed so many tears for a story.
The depths of love, the talons of trauma. The beauty of lives woven together and the devastation when they are torn apart.
Honestly if you have any triggers whatsoever please think long and hard about whether it makes sense to read this.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Confinement, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Suicide, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol
Minor: Homophobia, Racism, Dementia, Stalking
The writing style was at times confusing for me due to the shift in POV and time lines.
I wanted to DNF due to the heaviness of the books and the pretentiousness of the characters.
The book itself is fine, although I would not recommend it to anybody. It is the first book that made me cry on several instances.
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
the author said she doesn't believe in talk therapy and she spends 800 pages driving that "point" in. if that was her purpose this was definitely trauma porn. you are made to feel for this boy/man who had a terribly violent upbringing and she says nothing and no one could ever help him and he should just die.
Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Car accident
Yet, I struggled with the excessively graphic depictions of violence and self harm, which at times felt voyeuristic rather than necessary and added little beyond shock value.
To underline the destructiveness of trauma, the narrative leans heavily into extremes—unparalleled cruelty and suffering as well as elite lifestyles inaccessible to most people—which strains the story‘s realism and feels emotionally manipulative.
Despite their high level of education the characters remain unreflectively caught in toxic dynamics that progressively blur the boundaries that exist in care, friendship and dependency.
All in all, while the prose is brilliant, the emotional and narrative excesses create a dissonance between powerful storytelling and trauma exploitation that ultimately pushes the novel across the line into emotional sensationalism.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship
Minor: Forced institutionalization
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment
Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use