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harpoonholly's review
challenging
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Audiobook read by Jenn Lee. Lee is a very good reader and gives unique embodiment to each character. Of course I enjoyed her Annette and Gloria, but her take on Balthazar was very good (read:viscerally frightening ).
I had never read a splatter horror, letalone a western splatter, but I'm comfortable in saying I wouldn't mind reading more. Piper's style comes through even as it is adapted to this genre's unique shape and she is one of the pillars of postmodern speculative writing (read:queer and ambiguous plots ).
It is gruesome, but in a way that's plot relevant. I could definitely read more of this universe if Piper decided to write and release a continuation, similar to how T. Kingfisher's gothic Sworn Soldier duology (which may yet become a trilogy, who knows) has been released.
I had never read a splatter horror, letalone a western splatter, but I'm comfortable in saying I wouldn't mind reading more. Piper's style comes through even as it is adapted to this genre's unique shape and she is one of the pillars of postmodern speculative writing (read:
It is gruesome, but in a way that's plot relevant. I could definitely read more of this universe if Piper decided to write and release a continuation, similar to how T. Kingfisher's gothic Sworn Soldier duology (which may yet become a trilogy, who knows) has been released.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Gore, Death, Grief, Blood, Body horror, and Cannibalism
Moderate: Abandonment, Infertility, and Gun violence
Minor: Murder, Self harm, Deadnaming, Violence, Death of parent, and Religious bigotry
Incest and rape are heavily implied, but not stated or described outright
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