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Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'
The Rabbit Back Literature Society by Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen
4 reviews
pandalif's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Interesting story. I was confused a couple of times which could have been due to the translation or the nature of the story.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death and Dementia
Minor: Fatphobia, Death of parent, Car accident, and Infertility
magneticcrow's review
Ahh, hmmm. This was an odd one. It has some charming properties I enjoyed, but at one point a character describes their writing process as “you begin and you keep writing” and that feels like this author’s process too. There’s also a lot of “male author writing female character”… that is to say, you hear constantly about the main character’s nipples and ovaries for some reason.
There’s also, well, the final twist is that the brilliant child prodigy that everyone stole their ideas from was “actually” autistic and couldn’t write or speak intelligibly. Just a lot of… whew. I just wasn’t ready to be broadsided by the ableism.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fatphobia and Ableism
Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, and Sexual content
Minor: Car accident and Vomit
kayannie's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent, Dementia, Eating disorder, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Child death
Minor: Infertility, Car accident, and Rape
octopus_farmer's review against another edition
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I liked the major themes of writing as a alienating activity, and I’m still puzzling out how I found the ending. The slightly weird aspects were neat and enjoyable for the most part. Frankly still don’t see what all the discussions of barrenness/motherhood/sex have to do with it, which is my main critique.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Child death
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