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leabhar_love's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism and Kidnapping
Minor: Car accident
rain_bellin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
dlsmk's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Alcoholism and Domestic abuse
5aru's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.5
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Torture and Violence
Minor: Sexual violence
whiterabbitslibrary'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? No
4.5
The narrative perspective shifts between the “narrator” Wolf and the titular character “Mrs Death” and others occasionally seem to take on the role in tandem but in each case the prose is intriguing, intense and somehow both ferocious and reflective. I really enjoyed this book, and I expect to come back to it again and again.
Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent
Minor: Domestic abuse and War
sws_1319'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
altogether it was an interesting and unique read. I did find some of the book a little tedious and hard to get through, but overall the book was interesting. Enjoyed reading it!
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment
the tags have all been tagged in the explicit section. Although none are described in masses of detail, some of them did make me feel uncomfortable and they are themes that run throughout the book. The narrator, Wolf, struggles with mental health issues due to his past which relates to a lot of these tags. I would advise to read with caution, even though some of it isn’t explicit it is obviously hinted at and talked aboutbeing_stupid's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
And that's what's weird to me, it seems to be a message but you can't figure it out.
Plus there are some disturbing scenes and I don't know why they're here. Like how was it revenant to the story.
At some point there's a scene where a black girl takes her tit out at laugh, stick her tongue out too. And for no reason. To see her as the bad twin there were other ways than depicting a black girl in the 1700 as crazy. I mean I get it, kind of, the point she's trying to make. I don't see how this in particular was useful.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Moderate: Mass/school shootings and Murder
Minor: Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, and Islamophobia
jasperw's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I gave it 4 stars at this moment because it just feels right. There is SO much in this book, and I don't think I got it all this read. I want to read this again in a couple years, and try and tie together even more of what I missed.
Graphic: Death and Death of parent
Moderate: Sexual assault
There are a lot of discussions of death (not surprisingly). Some of them are graphic. it's hard to remember them all at this time so just general trigger warnings for lots of areas.kylajaynebooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent
rieviolet's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
I think that when it worked for me, it worked really really well and I was left really impressed by the writing style and the profound and poignant exploration of a certain topic. However, when it didn't work, it really really didn't work for me and I just felt very confused and like the narrative style had been overdone a bit too much.
Also, some sections where the character of Death was talking sounded to me too much like an essay, maybe too much "telling, and not showing", not very subtly handled.
At times it felt a bit overly graphic (the list of content warnings is so long that, honestly, it'd be easier to say what is not included) and I'm not sure if it was really necessary for the story. So many examples of very brutal crimes are included and the section with example after example of different types of deaths is quite taxing to get through.
I think it was a bit of a mixed bag for me but I'm still glad to have tried something a bit out of of my literary comfort zone.
You grow and
become who you are
you grow into your shape
I could have been anything
but this was the shape the world
carved into me.
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Mass/school shootings, Cannibalism, Car accident, and Death of parent
Minor: Addiction, Fatphobia, Torture, Transphobia, Excrement, Vomit, Trafficking, and War