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belladonnashrike's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
3.0
- a solid debut. you can tell this is ritter’s first novel though (I don’t mean this negatively)
- wanted a nice easy read and this did the job. not super crazy and what I would personally consider a beach read
- going from sapkowski’s mile long chapters to patterson-esque chapters in this novel was jarring. why can’t any of the authors I read write normal length chapters??
- she kind of belabors the point. it’s a bit much
- not a critique, but this is an incredibly obvious self-insert (and I don’t even know that much about ritter)
- I liked that this was more than just an environmental mystery
- there was a lot going on in this book and felt a bit fragmented at times. I think it would’ve been better if she made this 350ish pages.
- the word aphasia is misused and I don’t know how this wasn’t caught by the editor
- I did enjoy it despite it sounding like I didn’t lol
put all the content warnings in moderate bc i’m lazy
Moderate: Alcohol, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Dementia, Sexual assault, Animal death, Bullying, Chronic illness, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment
allapaz's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Misogyny, Blood, Alcoholism, Bullying, Dementia, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Addiction, Sexual assault, Suicide, Animal death, Gaslighting, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Violence, and Adult/minor relationship
ravenpuff'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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Murder, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Alcohol, Grief, Pedophilia, and Death of parent
Minor: Blood and Infidelity
maryjanewatson's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual violence, and Animal death