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shigatoxin's review
dark
tense
fast-paced
- 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
This book…..holy shit. Phenomenal. The story is dark and drew feelings out of me I didn’t expect to be feeling. This book immediately jumped towards the top of my favorites.
I read other reviews regarding Stenson’s lack of quotation marks with the dialogue. Maybe he just doesn’t like to use them, but I thought it helped convey a sense of paranoia and immersed the reader in the chaos.
I read other reviews regarding Stenson’s lack of quotation marks with the dialogue. Maybe he just doesn’t like to use them, but I thought it helped convey a sense of paranoia and immersed the reader in the chaos.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Gore, Death, Cursing, Blood, Drug use, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Self harm
Minor: Suicide
authorannafaundez's review
Simply couldn't get into it. The prose is decent with a lot of interesting turns of phrase, but that's also part of the reason I couldn't keep going. There were so many de-familiarized words and phrases that it became distracting. Also didn't really care for the narrator.
Stylistic complaint: Having no quotation marks when someone is speaking can make the book hard to read in some spots.
Stylistic complaint: Having no quotation marks when someone is speaking can make the book hard to read in some spots.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood and Violence
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