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milk's review
- 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? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Blood
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Drug use
Minor: Pregnancy and Sexism
ellenigrace's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.5
Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Drug use
aliyachaudhry's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Drug use, Gore, Cursing, Sexism, Violence, and Animal death
Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual content, and Excrement
fedelikeslego's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
- Who where those strawberry dogs? Was she just loosing her mind? I didn’t get it.
- What was even the point of the Wanda plot? I have no idea.
- The relationship with Nightbitch husband was just so useless, also he changed in a second? Like, so unexpectedly? I got the point of him just being good, but “typically male” the whole time, but it could have been deepen it better? It just sounds so stupid
- Honestly, just the whole dog thing that she randomly set aside.
- her son just disappear? Like, I get the point of her finally being a free human being (again, difficult after motherhood), but like, he just suddenly disappear?
What was I expecting from this book before reading it?
Literally a mother who turned in to a dog, but like, fisically, not only mentally.
What would i have preferred, after reading it?
A short book would have been much better, not a short story, but like a 100-120 pages book, so less then the half of it.
As a artist myself I loved every single time she talked about art, making art and being an artist. I also loved the performance at the end, made perfect sense with her feelings (Not feeling sure about his husband reactions? You’re eating a rotten cadaver from the ground? Sounds great! I’ll shower you, i’ll love your performance!)
The domestic cat violence was a blow to the heart, I didn’t want to read it.
So… I’m just disappointed, I expected much more in terms of both plot and general message? Let’s objectively look at it, no emotions, how could you not found obvious what she said? The “perfect mother era” finished like decades ago? A lot of people think that and admit that right now, there’s communities, support groups. Literally nothing was revolutionary about it.
Don’t get me wrong, the 1 star is not because “it’s too weird”, I read weirder books, it’s just not good, extremely poor execution.
Graphic: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Gore, Mental illness, and Misogyny
helhas3letters's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Gore, Sexism, and Violence
Minor: Alcohol, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, Medical content, and Pregnancy
traa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death, Alcohol, Gore, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, and Cursing
Moderate: Mental illness, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Body horror, and Drug use
Minor: Classism, Misogyny, Child abuse, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Stalking, Excrement, and Gaslighting
clare072's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Death, Animal cruelty, and Animal death
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Drug use, Grief, and Pregnancy
finleyfrogreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Blood
Moderate: Cursing, Misogyny, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Drug use
racl's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
The main character is allowed to be human, to be vitriolic and vulnerable, selfish and self-sacrificing. The author doesnt shy away from gore and the woman's mistakes but also makes the shame, and later self discovery, truly palpable. Incredible read.
Graphic: Blood, Violence, Animal death, and Animal cruelty
Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, and Drug use
Minor: Pregnancy
sarah_bookshelf's review
- 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
I did really enjoy the visceral language, however, and the spectacle of the whole story kept me enthralled.
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, and Blood
Moderate: Body horror and Cursing
Minor: Drug use