Reviews with content warning for Incest - Everything Under

I started to lose faith in the story when it was becoming obvious that Marcus and Sarah were related, and also remembering that Marcus was a minor. I really feel like that was unnecessary in the story, and will pretty much always feel that way when stories try to include incest or pedophilia as if it’s profound. It marred what was a touching and emotional story about finding your lost mother who has Alzheimer’s.

With that being said I still enjoyed the style of writing and would be willing to give other works by the author a chance.

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zed_dog's review against another edition

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dark emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes

4.0

Going in knowing this book is based on the myth of Oedipus helped inure me to the creepiness of the plot elements which are drawn directly from the source material, so that I could focus on the beautiful lyrical language, the evocative setting (somewhat gothic in its power over plot and characters), and the deep emotional intricacies of the central mother-daughter relationship. Manifests the theme of inevitability from Oedipus in interesting ways.

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nyne's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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akkun's review

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challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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slipstream's review against another edition

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challenging dark slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Loveable characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I have really mixed feelings about this one. I love Johnson’s use of language, but l feel like it was more effective for the short stories of Fen. There were some beautiful passages here, but the symbolism got repetitive. I also don’t love the way that the trans characters are handled. It sort of felt like their trans-ness was used as a plot twist.

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mylittlebooklibrary's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

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