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amselot's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.75
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Blood, Gore, Torture, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, War, Sexism, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Suicide
Minor: Death of parent
c_hris_t_ine's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- 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
Graphic: War
Moderate: Racism and Rape
annalee95's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Torture, War, Death, Gore, Rape, and Violence
jaimeeslitlife's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Gore, Rape, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, War, Blood, Death, Grief, Violence, and Torture
kaitlyng's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Torture, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Violence, War, Sexual content, Blood, and Gore
Moderate: Mental illness, Colonisation, Grief, Cannibalism, Slavery, Rape, Racial slurs, and Kidnapping
Minor: Religious bigotry, Cultural appropriation, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Sexism
jessbooks777'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
5.0
Graphic: War, Mental illness, and Violence
Moderate: Rape
tamingofthedew's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Gore, Blood, Body horror, Murder, Kidnapping, Rape, and Injury/Injury detail
fatimasiddiqui's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
1. the writing is so repetitive even though its brilliant at times - i swear the book would've been 50 pages shorter if it wasn't so repetitive.
2. my audiobook narrator was using the most annoying breathy voice to read the book
3. the subject matter is so gory like i never want to read the word disembowelled ever again
Graphic: Blood, Colonisation, Cannibalism, Death, Rape, War, Body horror, and Genocide
awaywiththefairies'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
2.5
It's a short book but goes on forever. The story follows a character that starts to unravel after what he has done in this war zone though I see no struggle on his part to keep his humanity. Thought of as an animal by his forst behaviour, this seems to encourage him or even jsut make him give up and he begins to act and think like one.
A random SA scene in it with glorifying language made me question why it was even in the book. I really dislike when authors do trauma for trauma sake. Perhaps this was to say the character has always been a bad person? One can only debate on that..
A book about a man who looses control, not much growth or plot happens other than that and I really don't know why its won the prize it has. Its well written, for what it's worth, but the unexplained or resolved addition of triggered content isn't something I can get behind.
I feel like it needed to be much longer to really express this character.
Despite all its attempts to shock us, it was just a bit boring too.
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Rape, War, and Torture
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Gore, and Blood
ncghammo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Grief, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, and War