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bookishcookiemonster'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
3.5
Graphic: Classism, Suicide, Gore, Medical trauma, Death, Murder, Body horror, Alcohol, Death of parent, Violence, Car accident, and Blood
Minor: Xenophobia, Racism, and Cursing
misterushi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Medical trauma, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Gore, Death, and Body horror
Moderate: Suicide
killmoore_'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
This Thing Between Us gutted me. It is a horrific and heartbreaking take on the process of grief, and the isolation and guilt that so often follows losing someone we love in a way that we have convinced ourselves was preventable.
I loved the small reveal regarding the format of our story, and honestly the jumbled, erratic time line did it for me here - it was written as a memory and clearly comes across as such. The body horror is graphic, the imagery is beautiful, and the portrayal of grief is so spot on that I reached out to hold my partners hand multiple times throughout.
I was slightly disappointed that we didn't delve deeper into the "haunted itza" story line, and the reason behind the haunting itself fell a bit flat for me, which is why this isn't a 5 star read for me. However, I'm not disappointed, and I look forward to picking this up for a second time.
Graphic: Cursing, Self harm, Violence, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Animal death, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts
maximauve's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Animal death, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Stalking, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma
petit_lecteur'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Blood, Gore, Suicide attempt, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Animal death, Body horror, Medical trauma, and Mental illness
ladyinverse'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: Death, Body horror, Gore, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Grief
Moderate: Grief, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Death of parent, Medical trauma, and Medical content
ksuazo94'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
3.0
Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Suicide, Death, Vomit, and Violence
Moderate: Blood, Grief, Cancer, Cursing, Alcohol, Medical content, Mental illness, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Racism
corpseparty's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Alcoholism, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicidal thoughts
burnyayhayley'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
It is unsettling and gruesome and filled with delicious moments of the uncanny, but without any of it being gratuitous or overdone. I LOVE when the uncanny is portrayed well and correctly and with a light touch so that you really are able to feel in the writing this sense of palpable unease, but it is impossible to place, for you or the character experiencing it.
There is really too much being done in this book to do it any justice here. I felt many texts/films called upon but not directly referenced, which made the text all the more nuanced. Some of the connections I made were The Blair Witch Project, Under the Dome, Haunting of Hill House (The Netflix series), The Only Good Indians and probably several other things I have forgotten.
There are very few books that I finish and want to immediately reread, and even fewer of them are horror novels, but this is one. This is a book that would only improve and deepen through rereading and further analysis. If I was to ever write horror, I would hope it was half as good as this.
Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Animal death, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Blood and Vomit
mondovertigo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Grief, Animal death, Death, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Stalking, Alcohol, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death of parent, Racism, Xenophobia, Animal cruelty, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Cancer, Vomit, and Gun violence