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captainsillypants's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Pregnancy, and Rape
Moderate: Slavery, Grief, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Sexual violence, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, and Sexism
Minor: Trafficking and Slavery
gen_wolfhailstorm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Narrated by Katie Erich
Unabridged
This was just okay for me. It had a really cool snd unique concept but I just lacked any emotional connection for the story and ended up more or less having it on as background noise, unfortunately.
I wish I had had a stronger feeling for this title.
Graphic: Death, Rape, Misogyny, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Medical content, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Physical abuse, Gore, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexism, Body horror, Alcoholism, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Blood, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Addiction, Abandonment, Violence, Torture, Outing, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Sexual violence
lemerrier's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? No
2.5
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, and Violence
Moderate: Body horror, Cannibalism, Physical abuse, Murder, Medical trauma, Grief, Violence, Pregnancy, Gore, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, and Blood
Minor: Trafficking and Infertility
emcl7weenie's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
2.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Sexism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Blood, Cannibalism, Gore, Sexual assault, and Violence
totesdrotes's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Pregnancy
Minor: Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Vomit, and Trafficking
sofiaysa's review against another edition
- 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: Blood, Pregnancy, Violence, Emotional abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, and Murder
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Trafficking, and Cursing
touchegiantsquid's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Gun violence, Acephobia/Arophobia, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Trafficking
ashwaar's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Abandonment, Classism, Pregnancy, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Infertility, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Death, Drug use, Murder, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Violence
Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia, Alcoholism, Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Alcohol, and Child death
Minor: Vomit
kaitthelibrarian's review
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Murder, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Gore
Moderate: Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Alcoholism
unviincible's review against another edition
4.0
For here was the thing that no fairy tale would ever admit, but that she understood in that moment: love was not inherently good. Certainly, it could inspire goodness. She didn’t argue that. Poets would tell you that love was electricity in your veins that could light a room. That it was a river in your soul to lift you up and carry you away, or a fire inside the heart to keep you warm. Yet electricity could also fry, rivers could drown, and fires could burn; love could be destructive. Punishingly, fatally destructive.
a surprisingly heavy book that paints a realistic picture of living within a patriarchy and doesn't flinch away from its themes, which can make it difficult to read at times. kudos to the author for writing some of the most reprehensible men I've ever read, yeesh
I like the use of monsters as a vessel to just tell a story about motherhood. sure, you could tell this story without monsters, but they make it fun and scary! this book was hella atmospheric. a little slower than I'd personally like, but overall good
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, Domestic abuse, Gore, and Misogyny