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clemmiem'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Classism, Death, Grief, Gore, Mental illness, War, Gun violence, Miscarriage, and Racism
Minor: Abortion and Police brutality
flyingryndeer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Sexism, Murder, War, Pregnancy, Blood, Animal death, Death, Racism, Death of parent, and Child death
Moderate: Drug use, Abortion, and Drug abuse
Minor: Sexual content
netthauser's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, and Child death
Moderate: Classism, Death, and Blood
madamenovelist's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Animal death, Infidelity, Body horror, Classism, Blood, Gore, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, and Cursing
carolined314's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Death, Confinement, Murder, and Child death
Moderate: Blood, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Gore, Body horror, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Emotional abuse
chwinters'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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
if you’re interested in the topic or themes, it’s well worth the read.
Graphic: Blood, War, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Drug use
re: content warnings, the main character is a veteran with severe PTSD and experienced captivity in what is implied to be the iraq war. most of the content warnings concern her dealing with her experiences.12dejamoo'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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Pregnancy, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Gun violence and Miscarriage
Minor: Rape, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Sexual content
octopus_farmer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Violence, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Blood
Moderate: Abortion, Alcohol, Animal death, Stalking, Police brutality, Infidelity, Eating disorder, and Confinement
Minor: Addiction
cheybrary's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Blood and Death
ceallaighsbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
“Listen,” the voice whispers. “In some countries, you kill a monster when it’s born. Other places, you kill it only when it kills someone else. Other places, you let it go, out into the forest or the sea, and it lives there forever, calling for others of its kind. Listen to me, it cries. Maybe it’s just alone.”
“So, are you crazy?” she asks, without fanfare. “*I* am. I see things… Why am I alive, anyway? Is that what you’re thinking? That’s what I’m thinking.”
“…but there are billions of years out there, and who knows what’s happened in them. If something’s happened once, we could all find love again. If something’s happened once, none of us are done for. None of us are the last of us. The story is all of the voices, not just the voice of the one who tells it at the end.”
- Beowulf: A New Translation, by Maria Dahvana Headley
- “Grendel and His Mother”, in The Source of Self Regard, by Toni Morrison
- the Norton Critical Edition of Beowulf, trans. by Seamus Heaney
- Grendel, by John Gardner
Graphic: Abortion, Animal death, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Violence
Minor: Eating disorder and Infidelity
Graphic depictions of PTSD associated with war