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Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire

51 reviews

twistykris's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Body shaming, Confinement, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, and Suicide attempt

socialpsysteph's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I love this series but haven't picked it up in a while as I got caught up and then just never kept up as new books were released. Given that the 9th book is coming out soon, I figured it was time to read the 2 most recent releases. 

This one was definitely not my favorite of the series (so far that is Down Among the Sticks and Bones and Across the Green Grass Fields) but I still enjoyed it. This one takes place almost entirely in our world and follows Cora, a mermaid, as she tries to deal with being back on dry land. I enjoyed meeting up with some characters from previous stories and getting introduced to some new characters. However, I felt that this one felt way less like a full story; You have to have read previous books (at least Beneath the Sugar Sky) to understand what is going on and the book ends with a ton of questions left unanswered. I'm hoping the story will eventually make its way back to this storyline so we can finish it out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Bullying

Moderate: Forced institutionalization

green_amaryllis's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Fatphobia, and Bullying

Moderate: Suicide attempt

miya37's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Fatphobia, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Confinement, Bullying, and Suicide attempt

not_alicen's review against another edition

reflective

• 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

My... favourite of the Wayward Children?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, and Self harm

atlas_shruggs's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective fast-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

If there's one thing I've learned in my years of reading this series, is that if you don't love a character or storyline, you just haven't gotten to know it well enough. Reading this book made me have a new appreciation for Cora as a character, and made me genuinely interested in reading Across the Green Grass Fields again, even though it has been my least favourite book so far. Cora also bugged me a bit in Beneath the Sugar Sky since it seemed like her entire character was being fat, but reading this book definitely changed my mind on that. As a fat person myself I've always had a hard time finding a good depiction of fatness in media, but this book did it beautifully; Cora's past issues with her body were written so well and so realistically. It also wasn't her biggest personality trait in this story which I liked, though of course her struggles with body image issues were still a central point in her story. 
I also loved seeing the effect the Moors had on Cora. So far we've only seen the effect the Moors had on Jack and Jill, who are both already morbid personalities who clearly belong there. Cora however is scarred by her short stay there, and I felt that really emphasized the fact that the doors are not necessarily doors to good or perfect places but rather to your perfect place. 
Overall I can't wait for the next book in the series to come out, and I'm still holding out hope for Kade's story to be published soon. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Fatphobia, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, and Child abuse

nee_cole's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, and Fatphobia

vanesst's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful fast-paced

• 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Body shaming

Minor: Animal cruelty, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, and Confinement

overbooked207's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective fast-paced

• 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

4.0

📖 Where The Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire Book Review 📖

2nd book of July 2022 and 16th of the year:

I love this series so much. The representation, the queerness and diversity, the world-building, the mental health discussions/representation, the characters, and the creepiness/fantastical elements are all absolutely amazing! Some of the books in the series are hit or miss for me, and this book wasn’t my absolute favorite of the bunch, but I still really enjoyed it, and it’s high up on the series favorites list! I highly recommend picking the series up, especially during the Halloween season, and can’t wait for the next book! TW for fatphobia, bullying, body shaming, eating disorder, mention of suicide attempts and suicidal ideation, ableism, talk of water/the ocean, anxiety, death, and forced institutionalization📚🎧🏳️‍🌈🌊

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Panic attacks/disorders, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, Self harm, Death, Bullying, and Body shaming

leanne_miron's review

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, and Body shaming

Moderate: Confinement and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Suicide attempt