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The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling
14 reviews
alxjasper's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Gore, Medical trauma, Body horror, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy
Minor: Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, War, Vomit, Violence, Self harm, and Gaslighting
saurahsaurus'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? Yes
3.75
The ending was layered, a bit surprising, and intriguing.
I may not revisit this book, but I’d happily read more work from this author!
Graphic: Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Blood, Miscarriage, Gore, Body horror, Death, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Grief, Terminal illness, Self harm, Child death, Death of parent, and Drug use
Minor: Vomit, War, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Abandonment, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Classism, and Sexual content
buildingtaste's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Murder, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Self harm, Torture, Death, Abandonment, Mental illness, Animal death, Confinement, Death of parent, and Violence
Moderate: Medical content
Minor: Sexual content and Forced institutionalization
As a gothic horror novel, Jane Lawrence comes in fast with explicit gore. Elements of the magic system involve having something affecting a person's organs/moving inside their body, whichgayghostprince'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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Medical content, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death, Death of parent, and Gore
Moderate: Murder, Violence, Child death, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, War, and Confinement
Minor: Alcohol, Cancer, Chronic illness, Forced institutionalization, Drug use, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Sexual content
morbidanatomy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Gaslighting, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Gore, Vomit, Abortion, and Mental illness
Moderate: Death of parent, War, and Child death
Minor: Forced institutionalization
junowo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Body horror, Mental illness, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Death, Medical trauma, Gore, and Blood
Moderate: Gaslighting, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, and War
renyoi's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Child death, Body horror, Medical content, and Blood
Moderate: Gaslighting, Death of parent, War, and Forced institutionalization
ecn'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? Yes
4.25
8/27/23:
Overall I really loved the book and will probably reread again in the future but I wish the ending wasn’t so slippery and I actually had something concrete to hold onto. Butttttttttt, I do love a messy and weird ending for the sole purpose of making you feel how the world felt so I can’t be too mad about it. 3.5/5
Graphic: Blood, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Vomit, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Body horror, and Death of parent
aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.0
I would kind of agree with people saying this was all vibes and no real substance. Like if you liked Crimson Peak, this book gives a very similar feel. Yes it touches on guilt/shame, PTSD, and grief, but it was kind of sprinkled on top of a lot of nothing and a lot of everything at the same time. A slow read in many parts, where some of it dragged on and on but in the book's timeline it hadn't even been a month. Jane as the mc was interesting at first, like yes brainy independent person!, but devolved quickly into a lovestruck, dependent person in less than a week. With how she was described in some parts of the book though, it made me think she was neurodivergent/neurodiverse (super into a special interest, had difficulty in social gatherings like it mentioned she had trouble with small talk and eye contact "she had taught herself to make eye contact and to handle small talk, and how to smooth over how indelibly odd she was", she was uncomfortable among the crowd at her marriage, etc) which was cool. She had potential but in the end was lacking in a lot of aspects for me.
Graphic: Body horror, Medical content, Confinement, Death, Vomit, Drug use, Blood, Chronic illness, Gore, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Mental illness
Moderate: Abandonment, Forced institutionalization, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, War, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual content
odrib'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? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Gore, Miscarriage, Murder, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, and Body horror
Moderate: Grief, Drug use, and Child death
Minor: War and Forced institutionalization