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our_lady_of_perpetual_bad_luck's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Gore, Infertility, Outing, Vomit, Violence, Blood, Death, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Genocide, Hate crime, Medical content, War, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual content, Transphobia, Body horror, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Cannibalism
Moderate: Dysphoria, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Body shaming, Classism, Drug use, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Ableism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Fatphobia, Medical trauma, Outing, and Eating disorder
Minor: Abandonment, Confinement, Alcohol, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Terminal illness, Trafficking, Animal death, Cancer, Deadnaming, Excrement, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, and Kidnapping
hauntedantiqueshop's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Deadnaming, Rape, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Transphobia, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Violence, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, Medical content, Hate crime, Gore, Dysphoria, Death, Body horror, and Blood
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Toxic friendship, Cannibalism, Fatphobia, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Antisemitism and Racism
lots f slurs dropped, right off the batjp_riemersma'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? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Torture, Sexual assault, Self harm, Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Death, Infidelity, Hate crime, Dysphoria, Biphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Rape, Transphobia, War, Violence, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Murder, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Sexism, Gun violence, Gore, Genocide, Deadnaming, Cannibalism, Body horror, and Body shaming
jillaay_h's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Gun violence, Body horror, Hate crime, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Deadnaming, Transphobia, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, Child death, Death, Dysphoria, Homophobia, Medical content, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, and Rape
teganbeesebooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
Graphic: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Transphobia, Vomit, Body horror, Rape, Murder, Confinement, Gore, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Homophobia, Infertility, Medical content, Death, Blood, Dysphoria, War, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence
hellotheremaryrose's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
The characters were all so messy in a way that made them feel so flawed and human.
I liked that it started a couple of years into the event, it made things really interesting!
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Deadnaming, Body horror, Gore, Body shaming, Transphobia, Sexual content, Hate crime, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, Violence, Death, Rape, and Outing
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
analenegrace's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Often, post-apocalyptic novels are focused on survival but not on those whose survival looks very different, and this book, with a trans author and a trans narrator, examined a world where trans people's experiences are dictated by a disease that targets testosterone and turns people into zombie-like monsters. Currently, we are facing a serious problem of TERFS (trans-exclusionary radical feminists) who target trans people simply for existing, at times violently, and this book wonders if how much worse they could get.
Our characters are not always likable, and it is questionable how many main characters this book has, although I would generally say five. Plot-wise, at times, it felt like things were moving a bit too fast, and the plot never really settled. There are no breaks in this book beyond the sex scenes, which are important to the plot anyway; instead, the characters are constantly physically and mentally on the move, never stopping.
My biggest criticism was related to the pacing and how the audiobook did the narration. I haven't seen a physical copy, so maybe it's like this in the book as well, but the internal monologue would shift narrators constantly, mid-chapter, without warning, and often shift locations in the same way, and it made it somewhat hard to listen to. The audiobook narrator also did accents for some but not all of the characters, so when she did them, it came as quite a shock.
I really recommend this one but with heavy warnings for brutality, violence, sexual violence, external and internal transphobia, and death.
Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Body shaming, Dysphoria, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Cursing, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Torture, Transphobia, Confinement, Death, Body horror, Outing, Murder, Sexual content, Rape, and Physical abuse
noonanjohnc's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Ableism, Abortion, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Medical content, Torture, Abandonment, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Misogyny, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Body horror, Deadnaming, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Sexism, Drug use, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Mental illness, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Confinement, Racism, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, War, Colonisation, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Lesbophobia, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking
bebidocrimes's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Violence, Grief, Gore, Cannibalism, Drug use, Dysphoria, Medical trauma, Trafficking, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Transphobia, War, Blood, Body shaming, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Medical content, Rape, Sexual violence, and Slavery