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siriface's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? No
2.25
Graphic: Sexual assault, Transphobia, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Sexism, Homophobia, Biphobia, Xenophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, and Racism
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
books_onthe_ground'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
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Child abuse, Classism, Mental illness, Misogyny, Antisemitism, Biphobia, Death, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Sexism, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Dysphoria, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Transphobia
Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Mass/school shootings, Alcohol, Pedophilia, Vomit, and Addiction