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tpwreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
“Adults follow paths. Children explore.”
The climax did not wow me, even though I really really wanted it to. The heroic event in this is too similar to Narnia’s. It was too obvious for me and I would have liked more wonder. The unexplained mythology is unfortunate, but I don’t think it harms the novel in an unforgiving way.
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Infidelity, and Suicide
Minor: Confinement
soggycedar's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Physical abuse, and Suicide
Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Infidelity, Torture, and Blood
Minor: Animal death
grboph's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Gore, and Violence
Moderate: Body horror and Confinement
tarareadsalot's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Torture, and Grief
Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Grief, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Sexual content and Suicidal thoughts
spookfish's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.0
Found myself asking "why?" a lot of the time, without answer from Gaiman. There are parts of this book where it doesn't feel sure of where it is trying to head itself. It makes sense knowing this was supposed to be a short story that was extended into a novel. Not a bad book by all means, just... lacking something for me.
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, and Confinement
Moderate: Infidelity, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death, Death, Sexual content, and Blood
jolineliest's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Child abuse and Violence
Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Suicide, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Vomit, Grief, and Car accident
cathicks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Infidelity
Moderate: Child abuse and Confinement
Minor: Animal death
tabookish'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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Infidelity, Grief, and Abandonment
riverofhorton's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
It tackles a few quite mature themes through the wonder of a child's perspective, which is something I don't think I've seen before. It takes place pretty much in our world but with a bit of magic thrown in, some being things that are still magic to us as children, giving the impression that there is magic to be found in the real world, if you look through that child-like lens.
I did also appreciate some of the little call backs to things that previously seemed unimportant.
I also liked that it ends in such a way as to facilitate re-reading.
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
antarcticophile'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? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Suicide, and Violence
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Infidelity, and Sexual content
Minor: Body horror, Confinement, and Blood