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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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Incest, and Kidnapping
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Murder, Drug use, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, and Self harm
Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Animal death, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Misogyny
Minor: Vomit
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