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It felt like too much telling and not showing, and almost all of the characters felt one-dimensional, including our narrator, whose inner dialogue was at times confusing and was expressing a type of feminism that is incredibly one-dimensional.
The "plot twist" at the end felt obvious to me as I've seen it in many other novels of this type, but I am interested in reading the sequel to see how the author ends the story they've created here.
I appreciated the polyam relationship and am also looking forward to seeing what the author does with their relationship in the second book.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization
Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Murder
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Biphobia, Body shaming, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt, War
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, War, Classism
This does at times read heavily YA, with the points being made feeling a little blunt or clunky rather than completely well integrated in the story so that the reader easily arrives at them. I think the story overall may have been stronger if it leaned heavier adult or new adult. My only real complaints are that occasionally the diction threw me a bit out of the story, and the beginning is a bit exposition heavy.
Overall, I’m really looking forward to the sequel.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Misogyny, Violence, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Murder, Alcohol
Minor: Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, War
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Alcohol, War
Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism