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r_o_s_e's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Gore, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Violence, Body horror, and Child death
Moderate: Body shaming, Self harm, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Excrement, Bullying, Fatphobia, Toxic friendship, and Medical content
Minor: Cursing
swformentano's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.25
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Torture, Medical content, Self harm, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Pandemic/Epidemic
felyn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
There's no on-page villain per se. There's a scientist who's not on page. One of the characters is a young serial-killer-in-training but he's not the antagonist. (He's *an* antagonist, sure, but not *the* antagonist.)
But you can't villainize an insentient parasite.
So you're reading this book about a group of 14-year-old boys from PEI, stranded on a small island for what's supposed to be an ordinary Scouting trip, and the only adult with them is quickly neutralised... and it's horrifying in part because of the descriptions of what the infected characters think and do, but also watch as the entire cast loses their grasp on reality. Wondering who's going to die next and how, because it's not just one thing that can kill you, it's exposure, it's starvation or dehydration, it's the parasite, it's the other humans, it's getting injured, it's falling off a cliff... And you as the reader is still there watching all this, wondering who is going to die next and who, if anyone, survives.
You get snippets of what the people on the mainland (er, back on the main island? back on PEI.) are doing and going through, but they are footnotes against the body of the main story.
Plus there's a lot of gross descriptive text in general that I am just not here for, but I'm sure others wouldn't have any issues with. You'd think that having aphantasia, this wouldn't bother me so much BUT NO.
Anyway, I'm going to go binge some sex pollen alien erotica now as a palate cleanser. Then I'll probably go read The Handyman Method, because I'm a masochist.
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Animal death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Self harm
vyralvyris's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Self harm, Torture, Toxic friendship, and Violence
Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, and Fatphobia
animebloodqueen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Gore, Child death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Body horror, Self harm, Animal cruelty, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Death, and Torture
Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Fatphobia, Grief, and Medical content
Minor: Abandonment, Vomit, and Death of parent
spooky_taylor's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Blood, Gaslighting, Pandemic/Epidemic, Toxic friendship, and Self harm
Moderate: Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Bullying, Vomit, and Suicide
Minor: Police brutality and Body shaming
toxxicwasste's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Fatphobia, Child death, Medical content, Self harm, Confinement, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, and Body shaming
Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Bullying, and Cannibalism
An amazing horror book. I can’t wait to read more from Nick Cutter. READ ALL TRIGGER WARNINGS AND DO NOT TAKE THEM LIGHTLY.athompson0429's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death, Murder, Mental illness, Animal death, Child death, Torture, Bullying, and Gore
Minor: Vomit, Self harm, Medical content, and Child abuse
jully_bean's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Body horror, Dysphoria, Medical content, Death, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Child death, Animal death, and Self harm
itsjustgrumpy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Animal death, Cannibalism, Child death, Blood, Self harm, Terminal illness, Violence, Animal cruelty, Death, Medical content, Mental illness, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Eating disorder, and Gore
Moderate: Abandonment and Vomit
Minor: Bullying