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marissab's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Minor: Stalking, Toxic relationship, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Mental illness
house_of_hannah's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
There are some interesting scenes, and I liked the flashback aspect as well. The older characters don't quite seem their ages though, and I ended up viewing everyone as the same age group even though that was not the case. The interconnection of their stories is probably the best part of the book, but it comes together in an unsatisfying way since I just cannot understand the end.
Could have used more mongoose scenes.
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Mental illness
Minor: Sexual content
corar'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
4.0
Graphic: Gaslighting
Moderate: Gun violence, Mental illness, and Fire/Fire injury
emma_bean's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Violence
Minor: Animal death
sunnydale's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, and Sexual content
Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal death, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, and Gun violence
Animal death details:menomica's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
I suppose I am too pedestrian a reader to have truly grasped what this novel was trying to say to me. […] If I had understood, I feel as if it would have
been enjoyable.
As it stands, I did like the mongooses.
I might try rereading this book sometime later, to see if it is actually good and I was just too busy fighting to keep my eyes open, or if of the writing/story was just genuinely bad.
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury
cheye13's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Like with Gingerbread, I found myself reeling trying to follow the frame structure and construct a linear timeline, but because it's written with such whimsy and spirit, I relished the challenge. This one clips right along – while I was trying to decipher one metaphor or meaningful event, we'd popped on to the next one. I do really think there's something here – about memory, personhood, legend... something. But it slipped through my fingers on this first read.
And yet it was just so fun and frightening and funny (Otis's narration made me laugh out loud more than once) that once I finished it, I wanted to flip right back to the beginning.
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Mental illness and Violence
Minor: Animal death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts
content warnings are approximations, as it's hard to separate literal from figurative. animal death cw for brief descriptions of/about taxidermy.leah_alexandra's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
3.0
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Violence
blackrabbitrun's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
Would not recommend to people with any tendency toward psychosis or otherwise doubting the evidence of their senses.
Minor: Cancer, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Terminal illness