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pullingthorns's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Suicide, Confinement, Car accident, Hate crime, Blood, Deadnaming, Antisemitism, Sexual assault, Violence, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Drug abuse, Drug use, Xenophobia, Transphobia, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Rape, Racism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Gore, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, and Body horror
hillcm91's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Transphobia, and Body horror
Moderate: Antisemitism, Xenophobia, and Racism
awesomeallie's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Rape, Transphobia, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Hate crime, Racism, Self harm, Xenophobia, Sexual harassment, and Homophobia
Minor: Vomit and Mass/school shootings
Fascism, rape & transphobia are the big themes of the book, so take carecburns13's review
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Antisemitism, Violence, Torture, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Blood, Transphobia, Sexual violence, Racism, Homophobia, Rape, Xenophobia, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Toxic relationship, and Gore
thebigemmt505's review
- 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
1.5
Graphic: Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Death, Self harm, Sexual assault, Body horror, Sexual violence, Cursing, Homophobia, Antisemitism, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Gaslighting, Gore, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts
pkprouvs'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
4.0
Graphic: Transphobia, Racism, Body horror, Homophobia, Antisemitism, and Rape
thecolourblue's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Three friends go into a haunted house. Only two leave. The two that do leave both remember very different - but equally terrible - thing happening to them in the house. Now, figuratively and literally scarred, both as stuck in their current lives. Alice is doing online sex worker for trans chasers and Ila has become a poster-child of the TERF movement. In order to finally move on (and finally stop hurting each other and themselves) they need to go back and face the house.
This is body horror meets queerness meets The Haunting of Hill House meets a no-hold-bars attack of British fascism (both historical and current). This is a story that doesn't hold back from showing you the worst of it's main characters - both the worst that has been done to them and the worst they are capable of doing to each other. There is a lot of transphobia and racism and sxeual violence depicted in this book, but it doesn't feel like it's there for shock value (well, not just there for that), it feels like it's there as an honest visceral expression of the author and her story.
In terms of writing, this definitely has the feeling of a debut. There are passages in this book that are beautifully written and compelling (I really loved the whole motif with the Morrissey poster, that really stuck with me) and there are others that feel messier, like the writer is in a mad rush to get what's in her head down on the page. There's nothing subtle in Rumfitt's story here. The alogories are pretty in-your-face
Graphic: Transphobia, Rape, and Racism
betris's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Rape, Transphobia, Self harm, Blood, Torture, Suicide attempt, Body horror, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Suicide, Racism, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Eating disorder, Dysphoria, Pedophilia, Xenophobia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, and Homophobia
erin_is_reading's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Transphobia, Dysphoria, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Antisemitism, Racial slurs, Rape, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Murder
Moderate: Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, and Vomit
kessejeen's review
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Rape, Transphobia, Violence, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Outing, Grief, Death, Vomit, Xenophobia, Toxic friendship, Self harm, Racism, Homophobia, Dysphoria, Drug use, and Alcoholism