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friendly_neighborhood_grandma's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
Graphic: Kidnapping and Abandonment
Moderate: Cursing
Minor: Gun violence and Vomit
Very big endless spaces.hanz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Confinement and Death
Moderate: Gun violence
Minor: Vomit
elysekimberly's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
Despite the confusion I had, it was also somehow predictable. For a book that prides itself on being mysterious, the characters weren’t hard to read. I knew who was bad pretty early on. I don’t know how a book can posesa both of these characteristics at once, but this book did.
This very much felt like a book that you want to have a conversation about, but not exactly in a good way. It was just so strange, so it’s hard for me to summarize my feelings about this book. I feel like if I were to read this book again, I would still finish the book and wonder what I just read.
Graphic: Death and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Kidnapping
Minor: Vomit
meagangrace's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
I did not realize going into this that it would unfold like a mystery and it was great!
I loved the ending most. It played out slow and treated him very patiently. Letting him work things out for himself. I think the author did an amazing job characterizing him. He saw the world in a way that was completely believable for a person who had not experienced any other reality. That is very impressive for a fantasy world.
Moderate: Confinement and Kidnapping
Minor: Vomit, Death, and Blood
youreawizardjerry's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Kidnapping, Confinement, Gaslighting, and Mental illness
Minor: Vomit
tyrannosaurus_lex's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Gaslighting
Moderate: Kidnapping, Violence, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, and Gun violence
Minor: Vomit
morgcxn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Confinement, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Vomit
madmantha's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Grief, Violence, Emotional abuse, Slavery, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Stalking, Abandonment, Child death, Cursing, Dementia, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Murder
Minor: Blood, Vomit, Deadnaming, Torture, Trafficking, and Gun violence
The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite.spaghettireads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Confinement and Death
Moderate: Gun violence
Minor: Vomit and Injury/Injury detail
billyjepma's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
This is a book that pulls from a lot of brilliant sources and ideas and rearranges them in new, unique, and endlessly fascinating ways. It’s a puzzle box of rewarding twists and turns that manages to be frightening in the ideas it offers but gently mysterious in its delivery of them. It’s the kind of story I loved the experience of reading, which usually correlates with books that end up becoming lasting favorites.
I will absolutely be forcing everyone I know to read this.
Graphic: Abandonment, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Confinement, Kidnapping, and Mental illness
Minor: Child death, Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail