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clara_mai's review
4.0
Graphic: Death and Animal death
Moderate: Body horror and Ableism
alexalily'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
2.0
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Child death, Grief, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Body horror
Minor: Stalking and Animal cruelty
keen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Animal death and Terminal illness
Moderate: Body horror, Child death, and Medical content
Minor: Miscarriage
ellezagna's review
- 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? No
2.75
Graphic: Death and Body horror
emi98's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Animal death
Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, Grief, and Medical content
nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Moderate: Child death, Death, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal death, and Body horror
parasolcrafter's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Abandonment, Ableism, Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, and Death of parent
Minor: Body horror
paperbackwaffles's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
What I love most about this book is how the story is set out: Amanda is laying in a pitch black waiting room and her friend's son is sat next to her. Together they try and recollect how she got to that moment. It's told through dialogue between the has different layers to it. The first being them in the waiting room, and the second being Amanda recollecting her memories. I love the complexity of it and how it randomly interjects between the two.
It wasn't until I read other's reviews did I really understand the main takeaway from this novel. I would love to re-read this again with that in mind, and analyse it. And knowing that, you'd get a lot more out of it, not just an unsettling psychological vs paranormal thriller/horror.
Overall it's an enjoyable eerie read. I loved the writing style and the narrative choices. It definitely had me confused and trying to piece it all together, and knowing what I know now - it's a book that deserves a re-read.
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, and Death
Moderate: Body horror
whatellisreadnext's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
A young woman lies dying in a hospital, David sits beside the bed, pushing her to recount the events that lead her here.
I'm struggling to put into words what I just read. Fever Dream does what it says on the tin, it is a scattered, dreamlike, tense, unnerving, mind f*ck of a novel. When I finished it last night, I proceeded to read the last ten pages over and over again. I then went to bed and laid their thinking about it. It even seeped into my dreams. And then when I woke up this morning I still can't get it out of my brain.
I recommend reading this in one or two sittings, I think the unnerving nature of it and the incessant need to flip the pages, only happens if you're in it till the end. I've read so many other reviews this morning trying to get my head straight, to end up only more confused. I did learn how it comments on the use of pesticides in Argentina and how they're infecting the people around them. This was something I didn't know about until reading this, and I think the use of motherhood and that 'Safety Distance' really added to the intensity of this problem.
I will say the ending fell a little flat for me. I wish it had ended stronger, but I do think this was done on purpose to make the reader feel lost and searching for answers.
This is the perfect little novella to read this Autumn, and one I'll be thinking about for a long time, like honestly what the hell did I just read? 💁🏻♀️
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, and Death
readingguy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death
Moderate: Body horror