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silea's review against another edition
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
A strange book. The writing feels very disorganized- single paragraphs will veer between topics. Sometimes it contradicts itself from one sentence to the next (telling us a kid slept in his clothes, then that he didn’t sleep at all, etc). But I kept reading, and I finished it, so their must be something compelling about it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Death, Grief, Racism, Racial slurs, Sexism, Hate crime, Murder, Pregnancy, and Body horror
Moderate: Infertility, Religious bigotry, Body shaming, Classism, Alcohol, Drug use, and Lesbophobia
Minor: Suicide, Homophobia, and War
ryuutchi's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism, Racism, Death, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Torture
mfrisk's review against another edition
challenging
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- 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
V. Castro is quickly becoming a must-read author for me. I read Goddess of Filth near the end of last year and so it feels write to be finishing the first month of this new year with a book of hers that I loved even more than the last I read. This book expanded even greater on the themes of friendship, sexuality, family, and spirituality to give us a story which was both dark but also at times hopeful and empowering.
This passage in particular really felt relevant to where we are now and encapsulates a lot of what the book discusses in greater detail, “ Hate is not an idea or a thing in the sky. Hate is spilled blood with the stench of putrefying flesh that should never leave our memory. It should be burned and laid to rest. But for some, hate is the only way they can feel comfortable with what they don’t understand or can’t control.”
This passage in particular really felt relevant to where we are now and encapsulates a lot of what the book discusses in greater detail, “ Hate is not an idea or a thing in the sky. Hate is spilled blood with the stench of putrefying flesh that should never leave our memory. It should be burned and laid to rest. But for some, hate is the only way they can feel comfortable with what they don’t understand or can’t control.”
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Hate crime, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Gore, Death, Terminal illness, and Violence
Minor: Vomit
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