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angela_iseli's review against another edition
dark
reflective
tense
fast-paced
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Violence, Pregnancy, Murder, Mental illness, and Abandonment
mtownreads's review against another edition
dark
slow-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Murder
marywahlmeierbracciano's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
5.0
Mouthful of Birds is an unsettling collection with a wide range of fascinating characters, finely tuned to focus on misogyny and parenthood, life and death. Across many of the stories in this book, it feels like the characters are running towards something until suddenly they realize they’re running away from it instead. Either way, their desperation is palpable. The final story, "The Heavy Suitcase of Benavides," absolutely slays—it’s a brilliant, albeit disturbing, take on male violence and idolization. Published in Spanish over a decade ago—though, you’d never know it—this collection has never been more relevant.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Blood, Violence, and Animal cruelty
Moderate: Murder
Minor: Misogyny
kelseyland's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Samanta Schweblin's stories are the creepiest kind of horror, the kind that magnifies and exaggerates the ugliness of humanity. These short stories are strange, surreal and haunting, the kind of thing that sticks with you for a long time after you've read it, for better or worse.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Murder, Death, Blood, Gore, and Violence
Moderate: Infidelity
shereadsshenoms's review
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- 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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infertility, Murder, Body horror, and Violence
Moderate: Fatphobia
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