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royalraspberry'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
4.75
Graphic: Gore, Violence, and Animal death
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Alcoholism and Child death
cait's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Mental illness, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Grief, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Classism, Dysphoria, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Alcohol, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Forced institutionalization
ggcd1981'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
2.75
Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Violence
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Kidnapping, and Cannibalism
Minor: Alcoholism
sbcrra'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
3.75
Graphic: Animal death, Death of parent, and Gore
Moderate: Alcoholism
badmom's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Violence, Murder, Grief, and Death
Moderate: Abandonment and Bullying
Minor: Alcoholism, Racism, Medical trauma, Genocide, and Forced institutionalization
laurareads87's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This short novella is haunting (in the most literal sense), atmospheric, and pervasively creepy. Junior is a highly unreliable narrator who is attempting to figure out the presence of his deceased father, in full fancydance regalia, in a home many miles from anywhere his father had lived, all while protecting his younger brother Dino from bullying. The horror here is not (only) ghostly or supernatural, but rooted in very real societal and familial dynamics as experienced by a twelve year old. Profoundly disturbing; I was not at all prepared for the ending which, as other reviewers have mentioned, felt like a punch in the gut. On the basis of Mapping the Interior I will absolutely seek out and read more of Stephen Graham Jones' work.
Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Gore, Grief, Police brutality, and Child abuse
Moderate: Gun violence
Minor: Alcoholism