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megwilli's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
3.75
emm_roo's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
lalapaka13's review
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
I am majorly concerned by the fact that every time I've tried to buy this book I've been pointed to the children's section. This is not a reflection on the book, but now that I've read it I cannot emphasise enough how much this book is NOT for children.
It was DEEPLY disturbing throughout in a way that I'm finding very difficult to describe, I think because there was such an undercurrent of sexual violence on literally every page. There are a number of very graphic sex scenes and SO MANY nipples and like, not in a good way. Huge amounts of the plot hinge on detailed childhood abuse and trauma, as well as violence, cannibalism and disordered eating.
Personally, I thought this book was incredibly well written in a way that made me horribly intrigued. I couldn't stop reading, the same way you can't stop looking at a car crash. I would recommend it for anyone who enjoys a book that really gets under your skin, I think I'll be thinking about this one for a long time.
It was DEEPLY disturbing throughout in a way that I'm finding very difficult to describe, I think because there was such an undercurrent of sexual violence on literally every page. There are a number of very graphic sex scenes and SO MANY nipples and like, not in a good way. Huge amounts of the plot hinge on detailed childhood abuse and trauma, as well as violence, cannibalism and disordered eating.
Personally, I thought this book was incredibly well written in a way that made me horribly intrigued. I couldn't stop reading, the same way you can't stop looking at a car crash. I would recommend it for anyone who enjoys a book that really gets under your skin, I think I'll be thinking about this one for a long time.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Body horror, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Eating disorder, Self harm, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Death of parent, Violence, Vomit, Antisemitism, Murder, and Sexual violence
soleinn's review against another edition
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This reads exactly like a dark fairytale.
zoe_celeste123's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- 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
4.0
blueseadragon's review against another edition
3.0
I’m unsure of how I want to rate this book. I think the prose is done well, and overall I like the style of the author’s writing. However, nothing really happens for like 230 pages, and for a 300 page book, that’s a lot of nothing. There is also the constant sexualisation and mention of breasts every other page that gets a little old, as someone who doesn’t read romance.
I went into this book hearing about how gory it was and there definitely was some gore, but I personally wasn’t super put off by a lot of it, until a few pages before the end. However, there were some non-gory parts where some other disturbing stuff happens that I found hard to get through. Read the full content warnings list before going into this book, for sure.
Overall, I’d say 2.5 stars.
I went into this book hearing about how gory it was and there definitely was some gore, but I personally wasn’t super put off by a lot of it, until a few pages before the end. However, there were some non-gory parts where some other disturbing stuff happens that I found hard to get through. Read the full content warnings list before going into this book, for sure.
Overall, I’d say 2.5 stars.
notesappwitch's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
4.5
angsty female protag without being over the top cringy-not like other girlsy. i loved sevas and i liked the setting a lot. magic horror and gore, the sensuality of violence, the way no one needed to be forgiven and they werent