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saintmaud's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Murder, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Violence, Medical content, and Child death
Moderate: Suicide, Rape, Vomit, and War
madisonbell_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
Moderate: Genocide and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Deportation, Child death, Antisemitism, and Death
bootsmom3's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Antisemitism, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Genocide, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Vomit, Ableism, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Medical content, and Murder
Moderate: Alcohol
Minor: Animal death
funktious's review
- 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
4.5
This is an excellent book but its hard to say I enjoyed it, IYSWIM? I don't usually enjoy the gothic style but I can see why Perry used it here, to contrast with the fact that not very much actually happens while ratcheting up the tension.
I'm going to be thinking about this for a very long time, which is one of the marks of a great book to me. Particularly I'm going to have to examine what it says about my own philosophy that my final reaction to the book is that if Melmoth showed up for me I would soundly tell her to Get Bent. I think it means I'm not a nihilist? Maybe that's why I'm struggling in this current Tory hell hole. Regardless all the themes of bearing witness, being passive versus active, punishing yourself more harshly than anyone would punish you, the importance of forgiveness - a really complex book, not an easy read but almost a necessary one?
Moderate: Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Antisemitism, Death, Torture, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, War, and Genocide
solarflair's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Antisemitism, Body horror, Genocide, Gore, Vomit, War, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
Minor: Rape and Child death
sophieviii's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Terminal illness, Violence, Antisemitism, Genocide, War, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Rape, Torture, and Murder
aurora_dewinter'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
5.0
Graphic: Gore, Violence, and War
Moderate: Antisemitism, Child death, Medical trauma, and Sexual assault
bookedbymadeline's review
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Suicide, Genocide, Domestic abuse, and Antisemitism
Minor: Child death and Sexual assault