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wrestleacademic's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Fatphobia, Blood, and Murder
Bugs, like so many bugsgr3yfoxhound's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Moderate: Body horror and Blood
Minor: Gore and Violence
dazzle_spider_reader_1212'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? It's complicated
5.0
I also love the vultures and how they tie in.
The story and the plot twists aswell are so creative, and T Kingfishers writing is so comical and made the characters really relatable.
Overall, one of my all time favourite books I think, and I'm excited to read more of her work!
Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Blood, Dementia, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol
Minor: Fire/Fire injury
nrogers_1030's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Death, Death of parent, and Classism
thrntnja's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Blood
Moderate: Fatphobia and Racism
rubyhosh's review
4.25
Moderate: Blood and Injury/Injury detail
blewballoon's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Racism, Blood, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Emotional abuse, Grief, and Death of parent
booksthatburn'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? It's complicated
5.0
Because as a reader this is my introduction to Sam’s mother, it’s harder to immediately know how she ought to be acting, but Sam’s thoughts provide that context in a way that feels natural. It feels like Sam working through it in her own mind, and not just for the benefit of me as a spectator. This is one of those cases where the things that I like best about the book are the ways that my understanding of of what's going on suddenly shifted as new information became available. It's short enough that to discuss most of what I loved in the latter half of the book would spoil many of the best parts of the experience. In general, I like the way that this played with my expectations of what a horror novel could or should be. There were several layers of revelations that didn't really feel like plot twists, as much as they involved realizing the meaning of information that had been said previously, but was transformed by new events.
I love the ending, that ramps up the pace and the stakes to be suddenly exciting just as everything looked like it was going to wrap up more calmly.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Violence, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Vomit, Dementia, and Alcohol
alienor's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Body horror, Fatphobia, and Blood
Moderate: Body shaming
Minor: Racism
jaedia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Blood, and Alcohol
Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Blood, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail