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le_lobey's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Judge Holden is a twisted Nietzschean
Purchased at Strand, read with a Center for Fiction group.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, and War
qstew's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Mental illness, and Kidnapping
klvelasquez22's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? No
3.25
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
amortellus's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, and War
cati's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.5
Graphic: Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, and War
Moderate: Pedophilia
fkshg8465's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
skippy_skippington's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Religious bigotry, Murder, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
salmonite's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
blipsk's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- 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
5.0
It's hard to talk about what happens in the book. It's brutal and relentless. A lot of the characters feel like sketches, we don't get very deep into any of them, even the main POV. And they are without exception awful people. And yet I found myself caring about The Kid a lot by the end.
Reading this book feels a bit like a bad dream, and finishing it felt like the emotional equivalent of muscle ache after hard exercise. It's a book I know I will come back to and reread many times.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Colonisation, and War
princemyshkin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Initially feeling stilted, once you accept the patter, it rushes over you.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Dementia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation