Reviews with content warning for Religious bigotry - Pew

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booksillremember's review

reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

I'm not sure how I feel about this book. The premise was intriguing and I usually enjoy stories with ambiguous settings, characters and endings. There are some punchy metaphors here and there and some subtle observations.

But with this one, I feel it's trying to be too many things all at once.
The characters are too complex for it to work as a fable and too one-dimensional for it to work as a morally complex novel. The mix of show-don't-tell and tell-don't-show doesn't really work for me because neither feel fully fleshed out. The church people are ridiculously cringe and bigoted, whereas the more abstract commentary just feels preachy and sometimes a bit prerentious.

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sandreline's review

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4.0

Content warning: threat of medical abuse of a gender-nonconforming person.

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biobeetle's review against another edition

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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

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whatacarryonbookmoor's review

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dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

An eerie, suspenseful and precise story about identity, belonging and power. Pew's surrounded by a community grappling with guilt and trust in their faith and belief system.

With no memory of our pasts, is our identity just left for others to decide? How much of our identity is projected from the people around us? Do their wrongdoings, guilt, and ability for self-forgiveness manipulate the way they see themselves and others?

Although I wanted more from the ending of the book, this book is so nuanced throughout. I feel it's one to read twice or more, as I think I'd notice something different from it every time.

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lidia7's review against another edition

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challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

i'm very confused by the ending but still i enjoyed my time a lot!

i was left with a lot of questions at the end, very spoiler heavy!! :

Is there an actual human sacrifice? What happens to the kids? Are they reading names of kids that were sacrificed? Does Pew sacrifice themselves or do they run away? etc...

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charlie_cheese's review

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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

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sakisreads's review against another edition

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challenging dark tense medium-paced

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? Yes

4.0

I was SO confused throughout but I still loved this book? 😂

Identity politics and religious constraints in a very bizarre yet exciting book ✨ Really really loved Pew (they’re about the only person I loved in the story, which is why I said the characters were lovable 😂).
This whole debate of ‘but what gender and race are they’ was so infuriating, of course!

4 out of 5 stars for me. I am excited to read more reviews of it on here! My book loving friend who I was with at the time was very intrigued by the premise 🥹

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