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maryhungerford'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
4.75
Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Murder
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Racism
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Suicide attempt
blacksphinx's review against another edition
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Death of parent
Graphic: Eaten alive by a rat Moderate: Lynching, being buried alive, 10 year old white boy obsessed with Nazis.averageawkwardasian's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Overall fun and entertaining with a enjoyable imprecation of the vampire troupe. Love the female lead and female centric supporting cast.
Narrator basically saved the book for me. Around the 75% mark it feels the story is dragging too long too much.
Upon review I realized it is littered with triggers. While most are relevant to the plot, some are graphic enough I found mildly unsettling.
Graphic: Blood and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Gaslighting
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child death, Death, Infidelity, and Suicide
levanthium's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Toxic friendship and Classism
Minor: Ableism and Domestic abuse
ging090803's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
It starts pretty slow and there isn't a lot of action except by the end. There are a few disturbing scenes, especially toward the end.
I felt one big emotion throughout the book and it was anger.
Even though most of it felt superficial
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Dementia, and Death of parent
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Excrement, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
chelbelle122's review against another edition
This book should come with a trigger warner for mansplaining.
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
jocelynmwagner's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail
kylieqrada's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Gore, Rape, and Blood
Moderate: Racism, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt
aheinicke27'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
I was really invested in the characters and wanted to punch all of their dumb husbands in the face pretty much every time they made an appearance — which granted wasn’t often because the husbands were pretty distant from their families due to their dumbness anyways. This was a great female power book, and I loved seeing how the women band together to keep their community safe. Amidst all of the horrors surrounding them, their friendship was the tool that helped them do what would have initially seemed impossible at the start of the book.
Overall, I liked the book. Will I read another horror book anytime soon? Probably not. Will I tell people about this book? Yes, but primarily to process my trauma from reading it. 😂
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
apriltee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail