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Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence
Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Sexism, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Body horror, Drug use, Torture, Grief, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Racism, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Murder
Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Confinement, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Terminal illness
I was also very thrown off by The Boy That Lived trope that becomes glaringly present in the first quarter.
There are definitely parts that are dark and scary, but I somehow felt confined even though the story skips around the globe.
I didn’t finish this book because I didn’t want to do the work to plug through everything to get to the point.
I was very disappointed because I was initially very excited about this book.
Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Classism
Minor: Trafficking
Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Miscarriage, Racism, Self harm, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury
Graphic: Racism, Violence
Moderate: Death, Gore, Torture, Murder
Minor: Confinement, Rape, Death of parent
Prepare yourself for a heartbreaking, raw, ride. Beautifully written, darkly descriptive, and intense.
The only reason this doesn't get the full 5 stars is because there was very little ebb and flow of emotions. It is mostly fraught, with very few light moments to break up the harshness. But I did enjoy it greatly, and am looking forward to the sequel!
For fans of Miss Peregrine's, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and The Nevers.
Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Confinement, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Torture, Murder, Gaslighting
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail
This is how I've been describing this book to people: it's a mashup of Harry Potter and X-Men with an historical fiction setting. Honestly, I think that's pretty accurate.
J.M. Miro creates some incredibly likeable and interesting characters, from Charlie to Alice to, yes, even Jacob Marber, as well as great atmosphere. However, the story gets bogged done with a back-and-forth timeline and an excessively long story. As an audiobook, I was just waiting for it to be over because it didn't seem to be moving along.
The narrator, Ben Onwukwe, has an absolutely beautiful baritone that fits perfectly in the time period. The issue is that he has atrocious voices for women and children, which often sound like gravely southern American accents for some reason. I got used to the weird voices, but it didn't exactly add to my enjoyment of the listening experience.
Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Racism, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Racism, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Confinement, Physical abuse, Rape, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury