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mauvesoul's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.5
Moderate: Religious bigotry, Blood, Gore, Homophobia, Classism, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Torture
Minor: Medical trauma, Medical content, Misogyny, and Lesbophobia
patchy_at_best's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Classism, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide, Gore, and Violence
Minor: Lesbophobia
phantomgecko's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
There were a lot of characters, but even the shortlived ones had enough personality for all of them to be distinct characters. Some were meant to likable, others unlikable, but others still were open to either option. Or neither.
There were a lot of perspective shifts, which usually bothers me (especially multiple shifts within a single scene), but it fed the fast pace of the book. It also helped give dimension to so many people.
Mack's super upsetting backstory was an interesting facet of the story. Of all the motivations in the story, hers was the wildest to me. It made perfect sense, but woof. Like, you have "I am tired of being a door-to-door salesman" and even "I was banished from my polygamist cult" which feel solid and normal (ish). Then Mack's like, "Yeah hiding is kinda my thing (tm) because
I resonated with the social commentary so I didn't mind it. For example, the book divided them into two groups: losers and hustlers, but really, they were all unhappy and unsuccessful. A fun reminder that we have more in common than we think. And then the extensive emphasis on what is or isn't hard work and what people do or don't deserve... (For real, multiple times, my husband has started a conversation this morning about current events, and I was like, "So I just read this book..."...)
Also, a faithful movie adaptation would be incredible.
A lot lot lot of language though, so that's not my favorite.
Graphic: Classism
Moderate: Blood, Suicide, Violence, and Death
Minor: Child abuse and Lesbophobia
Gratuitous f-wordjenc's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Death and Suicide
Moderate: Child death, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Grief, Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, Blood, Misogyny, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Body shaming, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment
vaguely_pink's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Violence
Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, and Racism
Minor: Ableism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, and War
booksofautumn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Confinement, Murder, Blood, Suicide, and Death
Moderate: Child death, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Racism, Death of parent, Gore, Vomit, War, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Body horror, and Drug use
ecn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Classism, Blood, Suicide, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Grief, Violence, Toxic friendship, Gore, Racism, Misogyny, Vomit, Lesbophobia, Body horror, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, and Death
corncake's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
Which brings me to my next thought - this was not a super scary book. I was intrigued, but never really spooked out or horrified by anything, and maybe that’s just cause I have read more scary novels. So for my fellow spooky readers: come for the eerie vibes, the characters, and the lore - but don’t come into this to be scared this spooky season.
Moderate: Death of parent, Murder, Suicide, Death, and Gun violence
Minor: Body horror, Child death, Lesbophobia, and Blood
wishling's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Gore, Grief, Abandonment, and Suicide
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Lesbophobia
wonderfulxwonderful's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Suicide, Death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Homophobia, Racism, Child death, Death of parent, Gore, Self harm, Violence, and Lesbophobia