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sydneyrp143's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
lister's review
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Lynda Barry's One Hundred Demons is one of my favorite books, so I've looked forward to reading Cruddy for years. Warning: it is much darker than I expected. What a rough read; if you are sensitive check the trigger warnings first. Parts of it are darkly funny, but mostly the bleakness is relentless. So many characters, (nearly) all ugly and terrible. At times I got frustrated with that, but I remember how ugly everything was as a teenager with clinical depression, and my world wasn't nearly as Cruddy. It was well worth reading, but I wouldn't recommend it to most people I know. That one dark friend, though, has got to read this.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Vomit
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