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thesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Incest, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Excrement, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Alcohol
judythedreamer'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
1.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
stockholmsara's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
1.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Grief
noblekylie's review against another edition
- 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
2.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicide
actualresultsmayvary's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Rating and review from notebook
- Very honest exploration of children's sexualities
- Narration feels genuinely childlike rather than childish
- Unreliable narrator
- Confusing time jumps
- Sad ambiguous ending with lots of unanswered questions
- Traumatic and disturbed but in a way that felt authentic and relatable
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Incest, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Violence
Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Death
oftheolivetree'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
1.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Antisemitism, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment
Don’t fucking read this, my god.hannahreanie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
paltrindome's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
“We find ourselves in loss and we are who we are - vulnerable beings, like stripped starling chicks that fall naked from their nests and hope they'll be picked up again.”
“ ‘One day I’d like to go to myself,’ I say quietly, pushing the pin into the soft flesh of my navel. I bite my lip so as not to make a sound, and a trickle of blood runs down to the elastic of my pants and soaks into the fabric.”
However, the explorations of sexuality and violence are not necessarily gratuitous — the scenes serve as Rijneveld’s comment that grief can be repulsive, something that simply cannot be categorised as sadness or anguish. Nevertheless, Rijneveld also depicts the more conventional nature of grief.
The third act thus felt, at best, unnecessary, or at worst, contrived to the point that it tarnished the well-crafted exploration of intergenerational religious trauma.
“Lots of people want to run away, but the ones who really do rarely announce it beforehand: they just go."
Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, and Self harm
Minor: Suicide
gabb_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Incest, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Antisemitism, and Grief
courtney23's review against another edition
- 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
1.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicide
Moderate: Child abuse and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Self harm