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blymanor's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Sexual content, Murder, Body horror, Cannibalism, Physical abuse, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Gore, Medical content, Death, Excrement, Medical trauma, Rape, Terminal illness, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Sexual assault, Child death, Chronic illness, Forced institutionalization, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, Blood, and Infertility
Minor: Cultural appropriation and Stalking
kylegibbens's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
Graphic: Excrement, Animal death, Gore, Cannibalism, Blood, Vomit, and Sexual assault
emmavardy2's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Cannibalism, Excrement, Blood, Miscarriage, and Self harm
abbie_'s review against another edition
3.25
Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for my free digital ARC in exchange for me being thoroughly and utterly grossed out! I haven’t read Grudova’s first collection OR Children of Paradise, but I’m not sure that I would have been anymore prepared for The Coiled Serpent if I had. Every possible taboo you could think of is covered in these stories, every bodily fluid, every fucked up thing a person could do to another person, it’s all here. Grudova is clearly all about pushing boundaries, but I did often find myself asking what the point in some of the stories was. I’m quite a literal person, and so I’m always trying to figure out if there is a ~message~ or if these stories were just grotesque for the sake of it, to let the author’s creative juices flow. And lots of juices are indeed flowing, let me tell you 😩
Graphic: Gore, Sexual violence, Rape, Vomit, Murder, Misogyny, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror
Moderate: Miscarriage, Abortion, and Gun violence