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clarkg's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Murder, Torture, Violence, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Stalking, Child death, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Confinement, Excrement, Sexual assault, Vomit, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Alcoholism, Addiction, Alcohol, Child abuse, Suicide, Grief, and Sexual content
karenreadsbooks's review against another edition
4.5
A small town. Racism. A history of "the flood" but no one really seems to know the full story of what happened there (or at least it's not a story that gets told). Girls going missing, those found have been brutally killed. Black girls. So the stories are swept away as accidents or animal attacks. But there's also something supernatural happening with the disappearances.
The ending comes together rather quicky so it would be easy to miss details of the final review. I listened to this on audiobook and rewound the final part to hear it again to be sure I caught everything.
Graphic: Death, Racism, Body horror, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Child death, and Gore
calamitydane's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Child death, Physical abuse, Body horror, Animal death, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Violence, Police brutality, Hate crime, Murder, and Racism
jane_moriarty's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Hate crime, Child death, Racism, Gore, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Eating disorder, Alcoholism, Classism, and Alcohol
Minor: Sexual violence and Rape
Mention of eating disorder only in one flashback chapter, can be skippedsargasso_c'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
4.75
Graphic: Violence, Alcoholism, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Racism, Animal death, Gore, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Stalking, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, Eating disorder, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse
Minor: Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Vomit, Abortion, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, and Bullying
melosamatic's review
5.0
Graphic: Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, and Child death
Minor: Sexual assault
widgetknits's review
- 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: Blood, Racism, Stalking, Violence, Animal death, Gore, Child death, Classism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Hate crime, and Murder
Moderate: Blood and Body horror
Minor: Sexual assault
jaymebeetus's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Grief, Racism, Classism, Hate crime, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death and Mental illness
Minor: Rape, Child abuse, and Pedophilia
laguerrelewis's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Grief, Body horror, Alcohol, Gore, Blood, Child death, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Animal death, Murder, Police brutality, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence
Minor: Vomit, Sexual content, and Rape
zumpers's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Hate crime, Animal death, Blood, Racism, Body horror, and Violence
Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, and Domestic abuse
Minor: Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Stalking, and Suicide