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trippyotter's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Also, while reading the book, I felt it could have easily been 50-100 pages shorter, but come to find out all the excessive trips down memory road and the journey entries was actually critical to the ending.
After several memory flashbacks, I was about ready to close the book when Luke was reading the journal. It just went on forever. Then what happened to LB angered me so much that I was basically emotionally numb (maybe that was the intent?) that I just finished the book.
I'm not sure if I'd truly recommend this to anyone, but if you decide to take the plug, beware of the various triggers.
Triggers: missing child, child abuse, child sexual assault, emotional abuse, toxic relationships, death, gore, grief, animal abuse, animal testing, animal death
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Death, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Death of parent
dezaraemd'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Animal cruelty, Death, Body horror, Gore, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Animal death, and Cursing
Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Blood, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Sexual content, Abandonment, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Incest, and Kidnapping
lithoerary_atria'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
2.5
lemme break it down for ya:
parts 1, 2 & 3? utterly boring and mind-numbing and the whole writing down the sounds made didn't help. also i DIDN'T appreciate the numerous flashbacks that went on for pages. they could've been done away with.
parts 4 & 5? HELL YEAH, that's my stuff!! horrors beyond human comprehension & feeling helpless? fuck yes!! the writing was still meh tho especially with those internal voices inside luke's mind. it was silly & brought you out of the story lol.
part 6? i- we don't speak about it lol.
Graphic: Grief, Murder, Child death, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Suicide
Moderate: Sexual assault, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Sexual content
graveyardreads's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Gore, Pedophilia, Self harm, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Rape
annihilatrix's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
Graphic: Animal death, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, and Torture
Moderate: Pedophilia, Child abuse, and Incest
Minor: Sexual content
dromedaryreader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
That being said, I still very much liked this book. The amount of background given on the main character alone made it worth the read, and I do love how so much of the things casually mentioned about his childhood are circled back to and become bigger, more important things.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, Grief, Incest, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Violence, Child death, Child abuse, Death, Dementia, Medical content, Mental illness, Pedophilia, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Sexual content and Torture
mcwinks667'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal cruelty, Body horror, and Blood
Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment
sunnyjreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Graphic: Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic relationship
recollections's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
this is a fever dream!! what the fuck was that ending!! (i actually really liked it but the middle dragged for me eh)
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Incest, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence
tieflingkisser's review against another edition
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Incest, Medical trauma, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, and Vomit
Moderate: Cursing