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biobeetle's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Xenophobia and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Animal death, and Death
Minor: Dementia and Murder
charlie_cheese's review
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
this was for the shirley jackson babes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Religious bigotry, Classism, Racism, and Transphobia
Moderate: Death
renepierre's review
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
A genderless and racially ambiguous child of an unknown age is found sleeping on a church pew. The community take it upon them selves to shelter and discover the mysteries of the child they name “pew”. But Pew won’t speak, and with the Forgiveness Festival approaching, the town start to prepare Pew for its events, as well as start to question the timing of their new arrival. Pew is sent to various people that offer and claim to be able to help them, though staying silent, ends up offering their ear to the people that need to talk. This was a great little story and says a lot about gender and race and our need to categorise and classify each other. The writing was simple yet poetic in its descriptions and consisted of some of the most natural sounding and distinct dialogue between its large cast.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Murder, Misogyny, Death, and Animal death
waybeyondblue's review
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- 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
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death and Religious bigotry
Minor: Abandonment
bellari's review
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- 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
5.0
Southern gothic, mysterious and thought-provoking
Content Warnings
Moderate: Religious bigotry
Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Medical content
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