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wishbea'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
5.0
Graphic: Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Body horror, Transphobia, Antisemitism, Suicide attempt, Blood, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death, Sexism, and Classism
Minor: Infertility
woweewhoa'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
4.5
Graphic: Racism, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Rape, Antisemitism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Violence, Torture, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Gore, Excrement, Drug use, Sexism, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Xenophobia, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Infertility, and Homophobia
Minor: Fatphobia, Pregnancy, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, and Fire/Fire injury
jemmers's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Drug use, Self harm, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Death, Drug abuse, Murder, Classism, Grief, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Rape, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Body horror, Colonisation, Confinement, Misogyny, Gore, Racism, Violence, Dysphoria, Toxic friendship, Transphobia, and Toxic relationship
booking_along's review against another edition
1.5
i do not like horror that is mostly shock value, crude and feels like it forced a specific narrative and opinion -be it one that shadows real life, reflects the authors option or is simply the loudest public voices reflected back at this particular time.
also i felt a but as if this was purposefully badly written?
and i didn’t like that either.
look horror for me can be a lot of things to be good or for me to see why other will love it even if i personally didn’t enjoy it as much.
but it had to have something that works:
- the writing has be what makes the story. be it that it’s unique or different or tells a story in a way that just makes you flip the pages no matter how horrific the scenes your reading are.
-the characters make the story and you want to see what happens to and with them.
- the suspense horror that builds and builds and while it doesn’t need to be a new kind of horror or even a uniquely told one… if the suspense is there and makes it horrific? that’s horror!
what i don’t think makes a book horror even if it’s horrific is using slurs, being purposefully crude and hurtful or downgrading towards groups that already face those things every day.
we don’t need more hateful stories against anyone LGBT+ or women or black people!
and i felt like that is what the book was doing. it just kept picking and picking and picking and freaking picking at those topics but not in a good or even horrific way but just doing it.
now it could be that it was that kind of read for me because the constant and completely unnecessary slurs at every page, that i didn’t feel the writing was anything great… it didn’t do anything? which sounds so mean and hurtful and i hate saying that but this book felt a bit like a ranting internet hate speech to just hear themselves screech into the void!
maybe that was what the author wanted to achieve.
then points to them! they achieved their goal of that.
if that wasn’t the intended style… i have no idea what it was suppose to do.
for me this book tried to be shocking and edging and one of those reads that feel uncomfortable with showing how the current times treat some people.
but for me it didn’t get there and fell not only short but didn’t even mange to come near it.
not my type of book clearly.
Graphic: Homophobia, Body horror, Body shaming, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Rape, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Cursing, Death, Lesbophobia, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Biphobia, Transphobia, Toxic relationship, and Sexism
elenavarg'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
I’m taking off one star because some of the more stream of conciousness chapters were not for my liking (they’re very hard for me to read, so I don’t enjoy them as a stylistic choice), one particularly on the nose scene of swastika-related body-horror (the scene was so absurd it made me laugh) and the weird, off-putting feeling I get when I’m not quite sure of an author’s ethnicity while their work discussed racism (I couldn’t find out, if Rumfitt herself is Jewish and/or brown; if so, this critisism is totally unrelated and unfounded).
Graphic: Sexual violence, Body horror, Hate crime, Blood, Antisemitism, Racial slurs, Homophobia, Rape, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Transphobia, Excrement, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Drug use, Mental illness, Violence, Racism, Death, Deadnaming, Cursing, Xenophobia, and Self harm
Moderate: Islamophobia, Grief, Confinement, Sexual content, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Dysphoria, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
gellyreads'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
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Racial slurs, Toxic friendship, Rape, Transphobia, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Racism, Torture, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, and Self harm
vixenreader'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: Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Colonisation, Cursing, Gaslighting, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Outing, Death, Murder, Self harm, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, and Sexual content
Moderate: Deadnaming, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Vomit, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, War, and Excrement
Minor: Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, and Abandonment
Be prepared for instances of INCEL culture, terrorism, bombing, disturbing hate symbols, TERF culture, woman-on-woman sexual assault, serial killing, self-hatred, strap-on sex, the loss of a friend, and public sex.rachelnoel's review
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Gore, Toxic friendship, Grief, Death, Transphobia, Hate crime, Vomit, Rape, Body horror, Violence, and Sexism
Minor: Deadnaming, Alcohol, Bullying, Classism, and Colonisation
pattington'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
5.0
Graphic: Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Physical abuse, Murder, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Excrement, Dysphoria, Death, Body horror, Blood, Antisemitism, Transphobia, Torture, Self harm, Misogyny, Homophobia, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Violence, Racism, Suicide, Sexism, and Lesbophobia
Moderate: Outing, Pedophilia, Excrement, Mass/school shootings, and Deportation
augusts_2020'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
4.0
Graphic: Excrement, Transphobia, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Antisemitism, Outing, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Hate crime, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic friendship, Islamophobia, Lesbophobia, Rape, Colonisation, Death, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Sexism, Xenophobia, Blood, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Confinement, Cursing, Gore, Pregnancy, Racism, Suicide, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Torture