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emory's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Laundry list of annoyances aside, it's a great version of those classic sorts of "big house, high society, dirty secrets" mysteries.
Graphic: Death of parent, Suicide, Fatphobia, Death, Murder, and Child death
Moderate: Rape
Minor: Animal death
One character our narrator inhabits is described as very fat, and while in this body the narrator never stops talking about how disgusting and shameful it is and how he can barely move. It is very oversold and strongly implied thatbreadbummer's review against another edition
- 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
As far as content goes, whenever a cis man writes a book like this with not a few female characters in it, I expect a "she breasted boobily down the stairs" moment to show itself before too terribly long or at least for pretty much all the women to fall for the central male character (no matter how strongly they're written) but, to my pleasant surprise, I don't ever actually remember this happening. HOWEVER!!! If you're particularly sensitive to fatphobia, don't bother even touching this book, much less opening it up. The rather long section in which the main character goes through the day as Ravencourt is punctuated pretty much every sentence or two with disgust of the host's body. It got to be so uncomfortable that I almost dropped the book entirely if it weren't for the fact that I was behind on my reading goal.
I just finished it like half an hour ago, so my take on the ending might still need some time to cook, but I think I enjoyed it. I certainly got got about who the culprit ended up being (which took me some time to appreciate more), and I thought the idea of this whole scenario of Blackheath being kind of like
Graphic: Death, Fatphobia, Murder, Child death, Suicide, Body shaming, Stalking, and Classism
Moderate: Self harm, Gun violence, Confinement, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Sexual assault, Drug use, Animal death, Rape, Car accident, Blood, and Body horror
emcheym's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Murder, Death, and Violence
Moderate: Sexual assault, Child death, and Rape
Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, and Mental illness
anneenichole's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Suicide, Murder, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Violence, Animal death, and Blood
Minor: Rape and Drug use
lonicera_fragrantissima's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, and Violence
Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Suicide
Minor: Rape
strawberrytheauthor'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? No
5.0
I tried making multiple guesses about the things that were going to happen in the book but I was often wrong. There were a lot of twists and turns and I definitely did not see the final twist coming.
When I started reading I thought it would be a four star book at most but it really delivered. When I got to the final day I was worried that all the plot holes would remain holes, but Turton made sure that everything got wrapped up in a neat, tidy bow.
I loved this book and would read it again.
Graphic: Death of parent, Infidelity, Animal death, Blood, Classism, Death, Murder, Alcohol, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gun violence, Child death, Suicide attempt, and Violence
Moderate: Drug use, Self harm, Bullying, and Torture
Minor: Medical content, Rape, and Sexual content
cheye13's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Child death, and Death
Moderate: Animal death, Gore, Medical content, Stalking, Grief, and Gun violence
Minor: Sexual assault, Rape, Kidnapping, Addiction, and Drug abuse
the fatphobia is egregious; it's my reading that it's internalized fatphobia, as it's contained to the chapters in which the main character inhabits the fat persona, intended to exemplify the effect the different hosts' personalities have on the main character, but is still very tactlessly written, and is sustained through a significant portion of the book.folst015's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Minor: Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Rape, Death of parent, Gun violence, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Fatphobia, and Physical abuse
blackheart'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? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Rape
sarah_speaks'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
3.5
Graphic: Murder, Death, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Suicide, and Violence
Moderate: Animal death and Child death
Minor: Rape and Infidelity