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bolivianrash'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
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Death
Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Genocide, Grief, Dysphoria, Murder, Slavery, Toxic relationship, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Cannibalism
Minor: Emotional abuse, Colonisation, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Sexism, Misogyny, Body horror, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, and Child death
calcified_boner's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Death
Moderate: Mental illness, Genocide, Sexual assault, Colonisation, Rape, Kidnapping, and Cannibalism
Minor: Suicide, Pregnancy, Drug use, Alcoholism, Self harm, Addiction, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Religious bigotry, Islamophobia, Grief, Confinement, and Alcohol
bigdogsoph'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: Gore, Cannibalism, and Violence
Moderate: Rape
osc1013's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death and Blood
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Cannibalism and Rape
lilianmathilda's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Violence, Rape, and Sexual violence
jelliestars's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Rape, Blood, Body horror, Death, Cannibalism, and Murder
Moderate: Confinement, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Torture, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Incest, Sexism, Genocide, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Colonisation, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Mass/school shootings, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Abortion, Car accident, Gun violence, Alcohol, Animal death, Chronic illness, Excrement, Hate crime, Slavery, Xenophobia, Medical content, Racism, War, and Suicidal thoughts
cyberhavok's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Murder, Violence, Gore, Body horror, Death, and Blood
Moderate: Cannibalism, Sexual assault, and Rape
avie_j'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
4.75
Graphic: Murder, Gore, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Death, Blood, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual violence, and Violence
Moderate: Torture
Minor: Slavery
econsidine's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Some things that don't work as well: the framing device is a lot weaker than in previous books, and as it's set up like episodic short stories, not all of the sections are winners. To Anne Rice's credit, though, most of it is compelling, and I was consistently surprised by just how weird and expansive she continued to make the universe without it feel overstuffed or convoluted. Special shout out to The Devil's Minion (a gripping, off-the-wall 30-page section that's very unrelated to the plot) and to Pandora (my favorite new character). I'm not sure all the stuff I found funny was actually meant to be funny, but the humor was hilarious, even more so because it caught me by surprise.
Overall, it starts strong, has some great moments, starts to drag for a while, and then ends good again. There's murder. There's kissing. There's a section called "Baby Jenks and the Fang Gang" and a vampire who collects blenders. What more do you want?
Graphic: Cannibalism, Child death, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Murder, Blood, Violence, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Slavery, Pregnancy, and Misogyny
bordino's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Gore, Blood, and Violence
Minor: Child death, Genocide, Toxic relationship, and Sexual assault