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errie's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Child death, Cannibalism, Death, Grief, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Violence, Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
mzynda's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Cannibalism, Blood, and Body horror
Moderate: Physical abuse
orizenda's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Violence, Body horror, Cannibalism, Grief, Physical abuse, Blood, and Child death
Moderate: Sexual content, Animal death, and Drug use
thebearnest's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Cannibalism, Murder, Death, Violence, Child death, and Chronic illness
Moderate: Gore, Sexual content, and Physical abuse
danimacuk's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Grief, Gore, Animal death, and Child death
Moderate: Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Medical content, Sexual content, and Violence
Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Body shaming, and Confinement
emilywemily6's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Child death, Medical content, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Animal cruelty, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Death, Grief, Sexual violence, Animal death, Blood, Drug use, Gore, and Chronic illness
Moderate: Bullying and Alcohol
mitobites's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Death, Child death, Grief, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Gore, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Violence, and Body horror
Minor: Child abuse, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Alcohol, Confinement, and Physical abuse
kumquats87's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Physical abuse, Grief, Gore, Blood, Body horror, and Death
Moderate: Medical trauma
Minor: Medical content
eleonoram's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I’m leaving this review at a 4-ish for now but this is very hard for me to rate. I want to say I loved it and I enjoyed it but I don’t know if those are the right words. This is a disturbing and graphic story of a monster turned boy (?), grown from a mother’s grief. Grief is the overwhelming theme here, and it is palpable. Normally I rate based on my enjoyment of the book, the writing, the characters, and the plot, but my overall enjoyment of reading the book usually stands tallest. I can’t say that I enjoyed this book, but it is definitely a story that will stick with me. And as disturbing as some of the characters were they were also realistic somehow, in all the surrealism. I felt for Monstrilio towards the end, he’s really just another victim of grief as well, whilst also its result in a way. I wonder if he became what he is because of how others viewed him? As unrealistic as this story is it somehow feels possible that immense grief could do what it did in this book, and that is a feat of Sámano Córdova. It’s definitely the story that’s made me reflect the most lately, so I’m putting a 4-ish for now, but I may bump it as I sit on this for a bit.
Bottom line: read it.
“They are happy to believe I forgot how they maimed me.”
Graphic: Murder, Gore, Violence, Animal death, Death, Child death, Blood, Cannibalism, Grief, and Physical abuse
r_o_s_e's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Animal death, Child death, and Grief
Moderate: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Dysphoria, Murder, Ableism, and Blood
Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Sexual content, Vomit, Drug use, Excrement, Physical abuse, and Chronic illness