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4.2 AVERAGE
4.2 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The slowness of this burn was difficult at times. I’d complain about it a lot to whoever would listen. But every time I was starting to feel myself struggling to continue, it would pull me back in. The horrors were so detailed and devastating. I don’t think I’ll ever want to read it again, but damn.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Classism
Moderate: Police brutality, War
adventurous
challenging
dark
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
[A]nd I ask the Darkness for compassion because now I hear it for the first time ever.
Compassion. And when the Darkness takes another bite and I smell its glee mixed with the scent of my blood, while I watch as it eats my hands, my shoulders, attacks my side, I remember how you told me once that the Darkness doesn’t understand, that it has no language, that it’s a savage or too-distant god. Will I be remembered as the man who found the medium and saved him more than once? Will they write about me, will my name be uttered in admiration? I must not think of my glory. Let it be secret if it must. I will stop pleading for compassion. There are no words from this world for the entrance into the Darkness, no words for the last bite.
Look, yeah, okay, it's solid. It concludes beautifully. But here's the thing: I only cared insofar as I'd care for anyone in circumstances like that. There was nothing personal about the situations. It read more like creative nonfiction than it did fiction, and that is simply not enough to get me to appreciate a work. Other times it read more like a summary of a book than a proper book.
Just because a book deals with a heavy subject, it doesn't mean that's a free pass for making something utterly boring.
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes