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maddim1122'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? It's complicated
5.0
Moderate: Gore and Suicide
riereeds's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, and Death of parent
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
sylvestra'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
4.0
Graphic: Death and Grief
Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Gun violence, and Suicide
Minor: Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol
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, Body horror, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Suicide
fearsickness'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? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail
books_withblooms'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
3.75
Graphic: Animal death and Blood
Moderate: Body horror, Cancer, Cursing, Gore, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
missmelo's review against another edition
3.0
This was my first entry into horror so I don’t really know what makes a horror good, bad, or cliche so take my review with a grain of salt.
Moderate: Animal death and Suicide
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
vonnibel'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
3.25
to be honest, I'm not sure if I have ever felt grief to this extent. I knew what I was in for when I started reading, but I did assume the titular thing between us would be more technological than beast-like/nature-made. I don't think the book suffers from this choice; it's just a different kind of book that I expected. honestly not sure I would ever recommend this to anyone, but I did enjoy the writing style.
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Suicide
ghast's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- 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: Animal death, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, and Car accident
Minor: Child abuse and Vomit
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: Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail