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Perfectly Preventable Deaths by Deirdre Sullivan
5 reviews
celine's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
this book is so weird omg
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Animal cruelty, Child death, Animal death, Body horror, and Child abuse
Moderate: Cannibalism, Death, Blood, and Adult/minor relationship
Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault
grexcarolinii's review against another edition
slow-paced
1.0
Gosh this book was... not what I was expecting at all, and I can't say I loved that about it.
I was expecting a fun witchy read about a pair of sisters on different life paths - with one discovering love and the other discovering magic.
What this is is... an incredibly uncomfortable read watching a young teenage girl fall into an obviously toxic and abusive relationship. And though this felt very much like the point, it was a hard one to read. And it made it super hard to empathise with the characters when all I wanted to do was scream and slap on of the sisters into awareness.
The other problems I have... spoilers below
Be warned: I get very ranty, and there are some TW for the content of what happens in this book
So: firstly the scene where Maddy takes the family kitten, and is set on sacrificing him to apparently save her sister, despite not knowing how to do this fully, nor how it would even save her sister. Just that she was aware that there was something supposedly magical in doing so. Luckily she is stopped before fully killing the thing, but not before she stabs this poor kitten in the eye.... and I fully noped out. That level of animal cruelty and violence, just so disgusting and unnecessary. It didn't add anything but made Maddy out to be an irredeemable character in my eyes.
The second more plot based problem.
Lon is obviously bad news and a villain. And up to a point, this is supposed to be uncomfortable, so that you know this type of relationship between an older man and a CHILD is not OK.
But here's the thing. Everyone in the village knows this is bad news, and knows something is up. That this isn't just a super gross and abusive relationship, but actually even more sinister. They make some comments and do about jack-shit.
Then it's heavily implied Lon had something to do with one of the more recent murders. But "they couldn't prove anything". God this made made me loathe Catlin - even she says that. "They couldn't prove anything". Fuck. She doesn't even say "he didn't do it" just that they couldn't prove he did? That's so so so god damn obviously a confession of guilt. But despite the whole town kinda knowing he murdered a girl, just wasn't caught for it... they again do jack-shit to stop.
In the final pieces of the book, we find out Lon isn't entirely human. Is far far older than he appears. Things I had guessed. But adding to this - he is not only responsible for the deaths of the other girls. But is actually responsible for killing and EATING 101 girls. One HUNDRED and One. And it's heavily implied that people very much knew of some of these murders being him. And noone did anything? Everyone watched this cannibalistic murderer who has been preying on young young girls, presumeably for years, and has a body count that is probably larger than the population of the village itself. And noone did anything? Fuck me
I was expecting a fun witchy read about a pair of sisters on different life paths - with one discovering love and the other discovering magic.
What this is is... an incredibly uncomfortable read watching a young teenage girl fall into an obviously toxic and abusive relationship. And though this felt very much like the point, it was a hard one to read. And it made it super hard to empathise with the characters when all I wanted to do was scream and slap on of the sisters into awareness.
The other problems I have... spoilers below
Be warned: I get very ranty, and there are some TW for the content of what happens in this book
The second more plot based problem.
Lon is obviously bad news and a villain. And up to a point, this is supposed to be uncomfortable, so that you know this type of relationship between an older man and a CHILD is not OK.
But here's the thing. Everyone in the village knows this is bad news, and knows something is up. That this isn't just a super gross and abusive relationship, but actually even more sinister. They make some comments and do about jack-shit.
Then it's heavily implied Lon had something to do with one of the more recent murders. But "they couldn't prove anything". God this made made me loathe Catlin - even she says that. "They couldn't prove anything". Fuck. She doesn't even say "he didn't do it" just that they couldn't prove he did? That's so so so god damn obviously a confession of guilt. But despite the whole town kinda knowing he murdered a girl, just wasn't caught for it... they again do jack-shit to stop.
In the final pieces of the book, we find out Lon isn't entirely human. Is far far older than he appears. Things I had guessed. But adding to this - he is not only responsible for the deaths of the other girls. But is actually responsible for killing and EATING 101 girls. One HUNDRED and One. And it's heavily implied that people very much knew of some of these murders being him. And noone did anything? Everyone watched this cannibalistic murderer who has been preying on young young girls, presumeably for years, and has a body count that is probably larger than the population of the village itself. And noone did anything? Fuck me
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Animal death, Torture, Animal cruelty, and Adult/minor relationship
Moderate: Gaslighting, Body horror, Cannibalism, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, and Pedophilia
booksmoviesandstories's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Cannibalism, Kidnapping, and Violence
mollyv's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
I would have given the initial premise of the book a much higher rating, however the ending destroyed any enjoyment I had out of the book. Firstly, the mystery is extremely obvious as to who it is, to the point where I was waiting for a plot twist that never came.
Secondly, the ending was disgustingly graphic for no reason, I did not need to read what happened to her sister in such detail. Furthermore, every character is exactly as perceived from the time they are first introduced - if you are expecting development, hidden depths or anything, read a different book. The "grandma" like figure is horrible throughout and is horrible at the end too, the creepy older man, whilst creepier in a whole other way than expected, was still creepy and the mum was absolutely useless
I would like to forget I ever read this book.
I would like to forget I ever read this book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Cannibalism, Toxic relationship, Torture, Murder, Stalking, Pedophilia, Gaslighting, Death, Animal cruelty, Gore, and Adult/minor relationship
aliencat13's review against another edition
dark
slow-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Violence, and Gore
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Homophobia
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