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pagesandtales's review
- 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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Gore, Child death, and Grief
Moderate: Cannibalism, Sexual content, and Animal death
Minor: Alcohol, Drug use, and Death of parent
ccerpa's review against another edition
2.75
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Murder, Medical content, Grief, Gore, Death, Child death, Cannibalism, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Blood
cspa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Throughout the story, there is a continuous tension to unveil whether Monstrilio can transform into a human, as his monstrous inclinations threaten to dominate at every moment. When Monstrilio first started to form and was swinging from high places, I remember thinking, even though the descriptions were so ugly, that he was sweet, he was trying, and he was like no other.
The decisions made by the adults in his life were questionable and had consequences for everyone involved but you rooted for this family. You wanted everything to be ok. You hoped for an outcome that could bring some peace and sanity to all.
I thought the book was rife with complex emotions and situations that required so much nuance. How much would you sacrifice for the love of a child, even if that child was no more but instead a creature capable of unspeakable acts, striving to become what you wished for, despite going against its inherent nature?
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, and Violence
holy_moly_colee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Child death, Gore, Cannibalism, Grief, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Murder, and Violence
spacebras's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I'm not rating it lower because of what I wished it was, but how to never really got to me in the end. Maybe it was the tone? I'm not sure. I can understand why people are into it. But I wouldn't call it "genuinely scary" like the blurbs tot. Outside of the first few scenes it's really not. And it doesn't have to be- it's just promoted as such
Graphic: Violence, Blood, Body horror, Child death, and Medical content
Moderate: Cannibalism and Animal death
In the first scene, a child's dead body is torn open by his mother and a piece of his lung is taken out. It is graphic, but is the most graphic the story will get. And not done with ill intention (it's complicated)gabriellerza's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Cannibalism
Moderate: Animal death and Child death
kalldaff's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Cannibalism, Murder, Child death, Body horror, Animal death, and Gore
Moderate: Drug use
frogggirl2's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Child death and Murder
biblizo's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Child death and Body horror
ghostingarden's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Gore, Murder, and Child death
Moderate: Sexual content and Animal death