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50shadesofrae's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, Death, Classism, Cannibalism, Violence, and Rape
jojothefool's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Blood, Gore, Grief, Pregnancy, Child death, Torture, Murder, Death of parent, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, and Death
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Trafficking, Classism, and Excrement
Minor: Rape
applejuiceily's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Rape, Blood, Pregnancy, and Violence
renee_fae's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Cannibalism
Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, and Death of parent
Minor: Grief, Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, Death, and Suicide
ja605235's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, and Cannibalism
Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Terminal illness, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, and Vomit
Minor: Rape, Medical content, Slavery, and Child death
kirtreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
It focused so hard on the gore of it all that the really interesting psychological aspects were buried. I was expected to take a lot on faith as a reader, which fine, but then the main character doesn’t even trust that the virus is real.
I needed the book to be from any other characters perspective. She took the most boring character in a cast of very interesting characters.
The story felt weirdly stilted. We got huge internal dialogue pieces and then the ending is so rushed. It felt very off.
The premise was good and I wanted to love this book but it just was not what I wanted it to be.
Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Pregnancy, Slavery, Blood, Body horror, Gun violence, Infertility, Torture, Trafficking, Death, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Cannibalism, Excrement, Death of parent, Rape, Child death, and Forced institutionalization
0leander's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Rape, Pregnancy, Cannibalism, Death, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, and Slavery
Moderate: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Animal death, Child death, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Blood, Rape, and Death of parent
witchedkid's review against another edition
4.0
Paired song: Us and Pigs by Sofia Isella
Graphic: Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Cannibalism, Rape, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
Moderate: Child death
unassumingdork's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.25
I heard so much hype about this book, and had such high hopes for it. But, in the end I was left extremely disappointed.
This book is chock full of a lot of very surface level observations and criticisms of our largely omnivorous society, specifically in regards to how people today treat livestock. Like knock you over the head level observations that everyone has made since the 1st grade. And nothing of interest happens until the last few chapters where it feels like Ms. Bazterrica just went with the most shocking twists she could come up with, with no consideration as to what makes a good story, or even what choices her own characters would believably make.
The reason it I rated it 1.25 instead of something lower is because overall I do feel like Agustina Bazterrica has some decent writing skills, and I know when reading a text that has been translated into another language (I read an English copy,) you’re never going to come out of it with the most accurate idea of an authors true abilities.
It has been at least 3 years since I finished it and I still cringe when I pass it in stores.
Graphic: Pregnancy, Trafficking, and Cannibalism
Moderate: Sexual content
niamhrowanch's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Slavery, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Violence, Infertility, Trafficking, Excrement, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Vomit, Blood, Terminal illness, Cannibalism, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, Murder, Rape, and Torture