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The mind of this man. I cannot put my thoughts into words but he sure can. I loved it though, if that weren’t clear.
And I want to heartily recommend listening to the audiobook!!! It's a full cast and it adds so much to the work. It's easy to read but it's much harder to inflect words with feeling, and the readers do an incredible job singeing Stephen Graham Jones' words into the mind.
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Racism, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Stalking, Car accident
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Death of parent, Abandonment
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Colonisation
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence
Minor: Sexual assault, Death of parent
As with book 1, this sequel was wild in the best way with twisty plotlines braided amongst one another and delivering frequent little revelations that never ceased to be thrilling. Amidst the excitement of the mystery are woven heavy themes, threaded with care and passion. I appreciated that Jade's inter-chapter slasher essays got an update in the form of Gal's own assignments written for the new history teacher —
Also as with book 1, there still seem to be some loose ends that I am really hoping get resolved in the final installment. These include unanswered questions from book 1. I found Jade's final reasoning of the roles of
Finally, there was a moment where I thought SGJ was becoming self-aware and realizing the romantic tension between Jade and Letha (page 251), and when Jade briefly gets a foil in the form of a gay high schooler in the video store, but...maybe not. All I'm saying is if Jade's crush doesn't get acknowledged before the end of this series, then I'm gonna be in Stephen's walls eating his drywall because how can he not see how queer his heroine is??
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent
Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Confinement, Genocide, Homophobia, Racism, Torture, Pregnancy, Colonisation
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Pandemic/Epidemic
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt
Spoilers if you were confused:
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Gun violence, Abandonment
Minor: Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail