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malley's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, and Cursing
Minor: Alcohol, Trafficking, Vomit, and Addiction
purplatypus'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
4.5
Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Domestic abuse, and Violence
Moderate: Blood, Pregnancy, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Misogyny, and Murder
Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Trafficking, Acephobia/Arophobia, Cursing, and Infertility
books_and_fairy_lights'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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
Anyway, although not groundbreaking, it overall was a nice read and I'm glad to have read it.
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Cursing, Death, and Death of parent
Minor: Trafficking, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Alcohol, Cannibalism, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Infertility, Physical abuse, and Rape
amiegold'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
4.0
Graphic: Violence, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Body horror, Sexism, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Cursing and Murder
Minor: Rape
dannavarro's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Murder and Cursing
Moderate: Murder and Gore
trickphoenix's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Murder, Domestic abuse, Gore, Blood, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Cursing, Gaslighting, Grief, Misogyny, Sexism, and Violence
Moderate: Gun violence, Rape, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Abandonment, and Addiction
Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia, Child death, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Trafficking
mlfey's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Cannibalism, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Gore, Rape, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Child abuse, and Infertility
purplepenning's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Cannibalism, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Gaslighting, Gore, Violence, Addiction, Blood, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Sexism
Moderate: Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Acephobia/Arophobia, Body shaming, Rape, Medical content, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Infertility, Abandonment, Body horror, Vomit, Cursing, Drug use, and Gun violence
Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, and Trafficking
poetry_shaman's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Cannibalism, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Acephobia/Arophobia, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Blood, Body horror, Grief, Pregnancy, and Sexism
Moderate: Alcoholism, Xenophobia, Blood, Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, and Violence
Minor: Slavery
caseythereader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
- THE BOOK EATERS is part adventure tale, part gothic mystery, part horror story and I loved it.
- I loved that it not only gave us the gothic manor tropes but also the claustrophobia of being a woman born into an impossibly patriarchal system. Watching Devon try to navigate her love for her children with her need to break free and be her own person was heart wrenching.
- It's not super obvious from the summary, but this book is also queer! There's some nice sapphic longing from Devon, as well as an asexual secondary character.
Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Alcohol, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Rape, and Violence
Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia and Trafficking