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silviaaa's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Xenophobia, Vomit, Violence, Torture, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Racism, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Medical content, Kidnapping, Incest, Gore, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, and Cursing
yellephant's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Incest, Pedophilia, Body horror, and Death
Moderate: Xenophobia, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Gore, Racism, and Confinement
Minor: Violence, Gun violence, and Grief
isadorawonder's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Death, Incest, Body horror, Confinement, and Misogyny
Moderate: Cannibalism, Pedophilia, and Suicide
unicornsbookshelf's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Body horror
Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexism, Racism, and Gore
Minor: Pedophilia and Incest
magicalghoul's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
The sense of dread ramping up, the good good grotesque imagery, the atmosphere... It was a distressing read (in the best way) and managed to give me the creeps in more than one occasion.
It also hits for the most part that good point with exposition where you can guess where the story is going since it gives you the necessary elements to do some guesswork without dumping it on— and when the dumping did come at least it didn't feel so out of place, which I'm thankful for since I'm very pesky with that sort of thing.
Using the gothic genre as a conduit to portrait white supremacy and patriarchy (and all it entails— the racism, the misogyny, the colonization and commodification of people as mere bodies) was brilliant. I simply love it when horror is used to talk about and portray socially relevant themes. Absolutely enjoyed this.
Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Sexual assault, Incest, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Pedophilia
Moderate: Miscarriage and Self harm
Additional warnings: Eugenics feature prominently as well. The main character and her cousin are gaslit. Pregnancy horror. And lots and lots of fungi.