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indeedithappens's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Toxic relationship and Violence
Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Torture, Transphobia, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
emily_mh's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Rep: sapphic Chinese-American MC, elderly Chinese-American SC, sapphic Black SC, sapphic SC, trans Chinese-American SC
Graphic: Cursing, Death, and Murder
Moderate: Gun violence, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Car accident, and Death of parent
Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Cancer, Deadnaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Suicide, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: loss of a loved one Minor: gentrification, the unhoused experience, one us of the homophobic f slur, one use of the lesbophobic d slurasiantomato's review
2.0
Graphic: Cancer, Deadnaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
livlamentloathe's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
The writing, however, wasn’t amazing. There wasn’t much emotion to the book. I didn’t feel anything from Athena. She seemed to be on rote for the whole book—moving from client to client, researching the case then Carmilla, lapping up Violet’s attention. And a lot of the plot threads were overly complicated. I liked Mai Tai and her scenes, and was disappointed in her lackluster death. It felt like the book lacked a beating heart—but maybe that was purposeful. I mean, a vampire’s heart does not beat.
I am curious about where it’s going and I’ll continue it. I hope that with the next story will come more complex emotions and a better connection to Athena. She can be more than she is, I know it.
Graphic: Police brutality and Murder
Moderate: Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Transphobia, Blood, and Lesbophobia
Minor: Cancer, Death, Drug use, Racism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol