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tverma's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, Murder, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Vomit
jemmers'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
5.0
Graphic: Grief, Rape, Infertility, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual violence, Animal death, Dementia, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Medical content, Blood, Confinement, Animal cruelty, Miscarriage, Body horror, Trafficking, Torture, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Death of parent, Genocide, Child death, Gaslighting, Cannibalism, Misogyny, Pregnancy, and Sexual content
jagoda_readsbooks'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
It's certainly not a book I would recommend to anyone I know and it was way more explicit and brutal than I thought it would be to be honest, since I went in nearly completely blind, only knowing that the main topic would be structural cannibalism.
But it will stay in my thoughts a long time and it has a lot of themes you can talk about. I also actually liked that there was no real moral to take away from it because the main protagonist himself is part of the system and it's exclusively told from his pov. So you have to interpret everything yourself.
For a lot of the book I kinda felt like I should feel sorry for the protagonist, but in the end I'm very happy that I didn't 😅
Graphic: Infertility, Medical content, Miscarriage, Classism, Sexual violence, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Murder, Slavery, Death, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Grief, Cannibalism, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Torture, and Child death
elinhaldira's review
1.0
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Classism, Toxic relationship, Torture, Slavery, Animal death, Miscarriage, Sexism, Rape, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Violence, Murder, Infertility, Animal cruelty, Gore, Racism, Confinement, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Cannibalism, Forced institutionalization, and Death
theraveler's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Death, Cannibalism, Misogyny, Slavery, Torture, Sexual violence, Child death, Body horror, Medical content, Rape, Murder, Pregnancy, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, Violence, and Emotional abuse
iridaceae'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
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Animal cruelty, Chronic illness, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Trafficking, Sexism, Torture, Rape, Slavery, Animal death, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Abandonment, and Body horror
blueyapologist's review
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Kidnapping, Child death, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Torture, Drug use, Animal death, Addiction, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Blood, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Pandemic/Epidemic, Chronic illness, Body horror, Dementia, Death, Rape, Sexual content, Miscarriage, Infertility, Grief, Gore, Cursing, Confinement, Classism, Cannibalism, Alcoholism, Murder, Misogyny, Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Racism, Genocide, Car accident, and Animal cruelty
themoonshoes's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
feels extremely cautionary and timely with the way social media has made us easily consumable to one another, but obviously exaggerated to a high degree. i read this book over a 4 hour chunk of time iirc, and i don’t think i’d recommend doing that lol.
this book will make you feel gross, but sometimes, i think we need that shock to the system to remind us of our humanity tbh!
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual content, Animal death, Physical abuse, Death, Misogyny, Police brutality, Self harm, Torture, Cannibalism, Blood, Body horror, and Violence
Minor: Rape
eilidhsusie's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Rape, Racism, Murder, Violence, Torture, Slavery, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical trauma, Infertility, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Animal cruelty
leah_hope's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Genocide, Grief, Cannibalism, Trafficking, Violence, Torture, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Infidelity, Animal cruelty, and Animal death