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taemaeto'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
rhall_13's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, and Cannibalism
smolhandsdan's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.5
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Grief, and Gaslighting
felyn'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
There's no on-page villain per se. There's a scientist who's not on page. One of the characters is a young serial-killer-in-training but he's not the antagonist. (He's *an* antagonist, sure, but not *the* antagonist.)
But you can't villainize an insentient parasite.
So you're reading this book about a group of 14-year-old boys from PEI, stranded on a small island for what's supposed to be an ordinary Scouting trip, and the only adult with them is quickly neutralised... and it's horrifying in part because of the descriptions of what the infected characters think and do, but also watch as the entire cast loses their grasp on reality. Wondering who's going to die next and how, because it's not just one thing that can kill you, it's exposure, it's starvation or dehydration, it's the parasite, it's the other humans, it's getting injured, it's falling off a cliff... And you as the reader is still there watching all this, wondering who is going to die next and who, if anyone, survives.
You get snippets of what the people on the mainland (er, back on the main island? back on PEI.) are doing and going through, but they are footnotes against the body of the main story.
Plus there's a lot of gross descriptive text in general that I am just not here for, but I'm sure others wouldn't have any issues with. You'd think that having aphantasia, this wouldn't bother me so much BUT NO.
Anyway, I'm going to go binge some sex pollen alien erotica now as a palate cleanser. Then I'll probably go read The Handyman Method, because I'm a masochist.
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Medical content, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
vyralvyris'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? No
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, and Fatphobia
rat_leoo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
animebloodqueen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Self harm, Torture, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Fatphobia, Medical content, Grief, and Cannibalism
Minor: Vomit, Death of parent, and Abandonment
spooky_taylor's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Mental illness, Self harm, Blood, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Vomit, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Body shaming and Police brutality
jamiee_f's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
However, what this actually ended up being was a gross lord of the flies retelling with more animal abuse and more sociopathic boys. Not sure what the takeaway was supposed to be with this story....
I just wished for more story, more character motivation, less gore and pointless gross.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
whaabzreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
I have read a lot of horror in my time but this was the first time I had to skip pages in a book because it was too much for me.
Heed the content warnings.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Blood, and Vomit
Moderate: Bullying