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jytteanne's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.25
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Violence, Vomit, Abortion, Excrement, Grief, and Self harm
stockholmsara's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
1.5
Graphic: Incest, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Rape, Torture, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child death, Mental illness, Grief, and Gore
etty_m's review against another edition
Graphic: Mental illness, Excrement, Self harm, Child abuse, Animal death, Death, Grief, Eating disorder, and Injury/Injury detail
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: Violence, Incest, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, and Suicide
Minor: Death and Adult/minor relationship
livvie_g's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Suicide, Incest, Excrement, Animal cruelty, and Animal death
Moderate: Pedophilia and Adult/minor relationship
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: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Pedophilia, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Excrement, Incest, Sexual assault, Antisemitism, Blood, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Torture
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: Child death, Animal death, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, and Sexual violence
teagangrace'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
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Incest, and Sexual content
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: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Child abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Self harm, Animal death, and Death
Minor: Suicide
meaghanelizabook'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
3.0
Graphic: Animal death, Eating disorder, Grief, Sexual content, Suicide, Death, Excrement, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Child death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Violence, Vomit, Cursing, Incest, Toxic friendship, Blood, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment