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meganpkin's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
- Loveable characters? No
3.0
This put me in a reading slump and I realise now I definitely don't do well with timeling jumping. Though I've handled it well before, it slowed this story down so so much and it was hard to remember why I cared to continue but I did because it was a part of a reading challenge I gave myself. There was some beautiful writing in it, definitely mystery and magic/otherworldliness which I enjoyed. Even half way through the book There was a new mystery which would open and most weren't really resolved or satisfactorily resolved anyway. Personally I dislike when male writers attempt writing about abortion or pregnancy and it doesn't feel worth it, it can be done well as LaValle did in The Changeling but this didnt have the same justification and felt more of a male centered view that was supposed to explain the protagonist and it didn't feel worth the possible triggers would bring to a reader. I'm glad I finished it but juxtaposed to my experience with his other works so far, I didn't enjoy this one.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, Abortion, Mass/school shootings, Child death, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Drug use, Murder, and Mental illness
Minor: Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Transphobia, Medical trauma, Vomit, Sexual violence, and Injury/Injury detail
walrus420's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Death, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Sexism, Abortion, Violence, Religious bigotry, Rape, Miscarriage, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse
Moderate: Child abuse, Gore, Child death, and Confinement
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