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lavender_menace's review against another edition
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
schokomami's review against another edition
5.0
Due to the reviews I thought it would be the most disturbing book ever, but it actually was really heartbreaking and kinda relatable ( the dissociating and maladaptive daydreaming to escape the harsh reality. Not the incest, murder, cannibalism or the whole ending lol). I would actually recommend it, but I guess not everybody would take it seriously.
thegreatgabola's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
kaleereads's review against another edition
4.0
insane, disturbing, and possibly my favorite book cover ever because it totally conceals the depravity of this story.
becden's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- 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
gwit's review
4.0
I didn’t know what I was getting into.
Knocked down seven times, punched in face eight - and enjoyed it
Knocked down seven times, punched in face eight - and enjoyed it
bananamatic's review against another edition
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
petr1chor's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
4.5
Get a copy of this book to Yorgos Lanthimos STAT.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Gaslighting, Incest, Vomit, and Adult/minor relationship
underthejunipertree's review against another edition
3.0
Should've read content warnings beforehand.
A story that tests the sympathy for victims who experience very real alienation when society fails them-- and then descend into Kafkaesque madness where humanism means nothing anymore. Earthlings is both a powerful critique of the cultural expectations of women (primarily) in society (read the Kawaii-voice of the acceptably feminine quirky narrate the most twisted subversions/violences imaginable), and a grimdark horror story that elicits shock, possibly more than anything else. This book goes to the provocative extremes until there's nothing but a bleak end left.
A story that tests the sympathy for victims who experience very real alienation when society fails them-- and then descend into Kafkaesque madness where humanism means nothing anymore. Earthlings is both a powerful critique of the cultural expectations of women (primarily) in society (read the Kawaii-voice of the acceptably feminine quirky narrate the most twisted subversions/violences imaginable), and a grimdark horror story that elicits shock, possibly more than anything else. This book goes to the provocative extremes until there's nothing but a bleak end left.