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bxtskr's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Gun violence, Incest, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, Violence, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Stalking, Torture, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, and Vomit
ratchel_l's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Sexual assault, Violence, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Murder, Rape, Stalking, Child abuse, and Misogyny
Moderate: Confinement, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Incest
sourdoirevalley's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Cannibalism, Blood, Stalking, Torture, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Death, Gore, Incest, Violence, and Confinement
Moderate: Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Animal death, and Rape
mold's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Michael will always be in my heart. Reb will always be around the corner.
Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, Violence, and Vomit
sistermagpie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Murder, Misogyny, and Cannibalism
Moderate: Rape and Child abuse
dragonbloom's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Sexual harassment, Rape, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Torture, Emotional abuse, Child death, and Confinement
Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Misogyny
Minor: War
Abuse: Lots of abuse. The mother emotionally and physically abuses the family, especially the daughters. The father is less abusive, but still abusive, and certainly doesn't stop the mother. The brother abuses the main character. Alcoholism/alcohol: The main character's brother is an alcoholic. Animal Death/cruelty: Several animals are killed throughout the plot. Hunting and pets.archaicrobin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
You follow a stupid loser named Michael who is written like he’s 14 but later is revealed to be 20?!!! And his twisted, annoying, stereotypical “psycho” family that likes to hunt and eat women I guess? Not really clear on that, the book doesn’t even explain why they kill women, or why they eat them after, or anything really. Apparently Mama was sexually abused as a child so obviously she has to be an abusive mother that likes to murder young women and eat them. Like what else would she do, am I right?
So you follow Michael and his “brother” Rebel, Ray, Rufus, who fucking knows. I listened to the audiobook and this character has about 5 nicknames and it took me 2 hours to realize they’re all the same person. Michael and Rebel are supposed to kidnap women and bring them back for their mother to kill so she doesn’t kill her own daughters?? I can’t even write a synopsis that makes sense because this book MAKES NO SENSE.
The story is boring, the characters are either 2 dimensional or so fucking annoying you’re praying they all just die so you don’t have to listen to their repetitive internal monologues anymore. If you took out Micheals repetitive thoughts the book would probably be only 100 pages, which it should be BECAUSE NOTHING HAPPENS.
I always try to find something positive with every reading experience but right now I’m just angry. If I hadn’t picked this one for a reading challenge I would have returned it immediately. But now here I am, 9 hours later and with absolutely nothing to show for it. Some people really love this book, I am not one of them. I found it boring, uninteresting, stupid, stereotypical, nonsensical, and insulting. In fact if I physically owned a copy of this book I would throw it off my balcony.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Torture, and Violence