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autumnrevisited's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Xenophobia, and Blood
queenkath32's review against another edition
2.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
kather_doc'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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Racism
loupend'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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation
apollo0325's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
I won't lie, the beginning is VERY slow because it's setting up Thiago's relationship with Vera, his mental state at her loss, and what life was like with her. However, after part one, we really get a grasp of what this novel is going to be in a way. I kept seeing people online pitch this book as one about grief and a "haunted Alexa" but babes, the haunted Alexa part is maybe 10% of the novel within part one and mentioned later on. I'd pitch this book as a psychological horror examining grief and how one deals with loss as someone basically loses their grip on reality (psychosis). Thiago is someone who is absolutely stricken with bad luck 100% of the time, and you learn this very quickly in part one. It makes this book all the more tragic.
If you're sensitive to animal death/violence especially with dogs, please cautiously read this book. It doesn't occur until part two, but everything snowballs very quickly after that point.
This book was brutal, unsettling, and tragic. The audiobook narrator was also FANTASTIC. I loved his narration. I'd read another book with him narrating it for sure.
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol
Minor: Abandonment and Classism
If you are sensitive to animal death / viscera, I would not recommend this book unless you feel okay going in knowing it WILL be descriptive and detailed. The body horror in this one is also very well described.mlewis'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
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Terminal illness
Minor: Miscarriage
kaiyakaiyo'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? Yes
5.0
Thiago was in turns pathetic and frightening and saddening and my god does that cook give me the willies.
In the best of ways, this reminded me of SGJ, and Neil Gaiman specifically in OATEOTL and American Gods
Graphic: Animal death, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror
Minor: Death, Gore, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Vomit, Medical content, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Alcohol, and Deportation
lowpolymel's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail
bitchigo'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? No
5.0
Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail
samaraptor'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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail