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empressnessa's review against another edition
Graphic: Misogyny, Gore, Body horror, Blood, Violence, Sexual violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Transphobia, Medical content, Hate crime, Rape, and Deadnaming
Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty
comradeluffy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
The idea for the book is good and the premise of it is good, but it is not executed well, at all. The characters were impossible to connect with beyond sharing similar labels as a queer person myself. The descriptions of characters and settings were confusing and lackluster and I couldn't keep up with the constant switching of POV's.
Also, what exactly was the point of all those random sex scenes? I love smut, but come on now.
Unfortunately, an exhausting read.
Graphic: Rape, Transphobia, Vomit, Violence, Xenophobia, and War
Moderate: Abortion
Minor: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Deadnaming, Gore, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Drug use, Blood, Animal death, Body shaming, Body horror, Cannibalism, and Child abuse
carly_they_themsen'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
4.25
i have little tiny small complaints like the parallel storytelling got out of hand sometimes and was cutting back and forth from scene to scene too fast and made the book feel overly cinematic, and there's little writing quirks like how whenever's there's two characters interacting one of them is always "the <adjective>-er woman" (beth looked at the shorter woman, indi hugged the younger woman, fran glared at the larger woman ...) other things like that that broke my immersion somewhat
all of that said my favorite favorite part of this book is this line from the acknowledgement: "[thank you] to all the trans women i've ever loved, to your perfect shoulders and the arches of your necks, to your lovely wrists and fingers."
gsshshfhdhdhwjwjdjfgfdlllg give me more transpocalypse torrey peters worship about the tenuous but powerful nature of t4t love RIGHT NOW!!!!
Graphic: Sexual content, Gore, Rape, Transphobia, Death, Miscarriage, and Animal cruelty
Moderate: Fatphobia
Minor: Slavery
terfs, chasers, public execution, brutal violenceemmague89's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Torture, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Grief, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Fatphobia, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Dysphoria, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Biphobia, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Transphobia, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Self harm, Mass/school shootings, Gore, Genocide, Drug abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cannibalism, Child death, Chronic illness, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, War, Vomit, Violence, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Slavery, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Religious bigotry, Rape, Racial slurs, Racism, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Misogyny, Mental illness, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, Homophobia, Hate crime, Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, and Death of parent
lycheejelly's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Death, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug use, Body horror, Cannibalism, Cursing, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Violence, War, Dysphoria, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia
Minor: Abortion, Misogyny, Child abuse, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Excrement, Incest, and Miscarriage
kshertz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Abandonment, Violence, Transphobia, Toxic friendship, Rape, Physical abuse, Death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Self harm, Murder, Medical content, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria, Deadnaming, Body horror, Blood, Torture, Pregnancy, Outing, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, Hate crime, Gore, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, and Body shaming
Minor: Antisemitism
crookedspines's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Gore, Outing, Murder, Hate crime, Body horror, Blood, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Homophobia, Fatphobia, Transphobia, Death, Physical abuse, and Body shaming
Moderate: Abortion, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Animal cruelty
This is a pro-trans book that does not look away from or sanitize what transphobia looks like. This is a post-apocalyptic zombie-hunting type story and the gore is very explicit. There is a fat character who has a lot of self-hating feelings about her body and it is described by others with this same bite on occasion. As someone who is often triggered by most of this, I feel like because it was wrapped up in this intense world, I could trudge through it. But if you are actively struggling with body image, gender dysphoria, dysmorphia, or other similar concerns or are very very squeamish, this is definitely not the book for you.mallory10100's review
Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Homophobia, Rape, Violence, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Gaslighting, Cannibalism, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Body horror, Deadnaming, Miscarriage, Murder, Transphobia, Animal death, Cancer, Cursing, Grief, Blood, Gore, Gun violence, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, and Sexual assault