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Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Medical content, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Bullying, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Vomit, Antisemitism, Dementia, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy
Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery
This was a heavy read and took way longer than expected...not that war and post-war are bubble gum topics. And even as Reece exacted his revenge, I found myself wanting him to "win." A little too gory for me at times, but overall, well done.
Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Grief, Murder, War
Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Drug use, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Medical trauma
Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Blood
The lack of subtlety hits you like a train. Everything is over the top. What was promised was a story of revenge but you barely see any grief beyond rage at the injustice.
This is an alpha male/man-on-a-mission power fantasy at it's worst. Misogyny is abundant where the good female characters are described as pretty/fit/beautiful/hot/looking exactly as they should.. Basically how bangable they are. The politics are so overtly biased towards conservatism to a fault and it reads like an attempt to indoctrinate someone to their beliefs.
In addition to all of that, there is blatant homophobia, racism, xenophobia. Violence is the only acceptable answer to wrongdoing. Torture might come first but death is the planned result. There are so many conveniences (the main character certainly isn't a pro, but luckily he took a basic training course so he knows enough to get the job done) and coincidences that it is ridiculous. I am not sure why I bothered to continue reading beyond the 10% mark because I was already feeling pretty meh about it but I had hoped that as the action picked up it would improve.
Lastly, it deserves a mention because it was so jarring: the fucking product placement. Was this book sponsored? The pacing was already a mess and dropping name brands constantly made it worse.
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, War, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Classism
My biggest issue with the book would be graphic violence (very explicit descriptions of gore and stomach-turning violence) some language (though not excessive) and a few brief mentions of sexual elements. No sex scenes or anything graphic but there were a few sensual elements.
Graphic: Gore, Violence
Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Torture
Minor: Sexual content
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Violence
Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Gun violence, Blood, Grief
Minor: Mental illness, Vomit, War