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ehamlett's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Incest, Death, Gore, Murder, Ableism, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault
ashielovestoread's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Violence, Murder, Mental illness, Child death, Racism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Gore, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, and Incest
skogsheks's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Murder, Rape, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Gore, Incest, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Ableism, Medical content, and Eating disorder
tarantulagirl's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Sexual violence, Body horror, Gore, Murder, Child death, Death, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Rape
lexy_jc's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Death, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, and Murder
jesssicawho's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
In addition, I can’t help but think there’s some (maybe) subconscious racism on display with the way the author writes the only black character. I understand regional dialects and slang but I’ve never heard an actual person speak in such a cartoonish way.
I thought maybe the book would have a redeeming end, but it did not. There’s no hope, or even petty redemption (like if the “wronged” character rose up and took revenge). It feels like shock and horror for the sake of shock and horror.
I’ll give it a star for the cool descriptions of the river and river man. By this point I was skimming to get to the end but there were some neat cosmic horror adjacent scenes but overall not worth the rest of the journey.
Graphic: Incest, Death, Sexual assault, Child death, Rape, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Child abuse, Gore, Eating disorder, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Murder, Pedophilia, Self harm, and Sexual violence
lepurush's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
The writing was amazing and the psychology of the characters was interesting too. I wish I’d read it across a few days but it was really gripping.
Graphic: Grief, Gaslighting, Incest, Murder, Sexual assault, Gore, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Child death, and Blood
katelynalice's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Eating disorder, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexism, Murder, Racism, Torture, Blood, Body horror, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Incest, Ableism, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Death, Rape, and Violence
itsjustgrumpy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Child abuse
Minor: Vomit
thereadingdude's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Death, Body horror, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Blood, Child death, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Self harm, Rape, Incest, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Violence
Moderate: Vomit