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erinmjustice's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Rape
Moderate: Abortion and Death
meowkira's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Rape, Murder, Religious bigotry, and Car accident
Moderate: Abortion
abbeyreadthis'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
Moderate: Rape
schmitzy_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Abortion, and Car accident
Moderate: Rape
georgiakirkegard's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Rape and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Abortion, Car accident, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Self harm, and Suicide
kry_yang's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I think The Incendiaries attempts to tackle concepts like religious fanaticism, faith, love, and grief. I couldn't really connect with any the characters though. RO Kwon really takes her time developing a dream-like, surreal vibe to the entire story, but her style just left me feeling confused and frustrated. While reading, I kept getting the characters' perspectives mixed up. The ending was my favorite part of the book, but I think that's only because something concrete and action-worthy actually happens in the last 50 pages. I feel like this is the type of book where, despite reading the entire story, I still need to refer to the back of the cover when describing it to someone else.
I think R.O. Kwon is a really talented writer (and an overall super-cool person). But nothing is this book *really* worked for me. There was beautiful language, some poignant descriptions of characters' meditations on faith, and I did get some dark-academia vibes with the Noxhurst college setting. Unfortunately, that's pretty much everything I enjoyed about this book.
Graphic: Grief and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Abortion, Alcoholism, Car accident, Death of parent, and Drug use
Minor: Rape and Suicide
painausten314's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Car accident, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Rape and Violence
g_blundo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Minor: Rape, Suicide, and Abortion
dale1997's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Violence
kkontraproduktiv's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Abortion, Car accident, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, and Suicide