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The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch, Volume One: At the Edge of Empire by Daniel Kraus
5 reviews
kathryn51's review
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Gun violence, Torture, Body horror, Physical abuse, Violence, Gore, and Death
Moderate: Cursing, Alcohol, Medical content, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, and Hate crime
Minor: Child death, Homophobia, Sexual content, Child abuse, and Physical abuse
apersonfromflorida'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
3.75
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, War, Blood, Torture, and Child death
Moderate: Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, and Gun violence
Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Drug use
bookish_magpie's review
- 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
This book is meant to make you uncomfortable. If you read it and recoiled, then Kraus did his job as an author. There were many instances where I found myself shaking my head in horror and/or disbelief. "The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch, Vol. 1" is not a pretty book. It's a tragic, gory story about a dead teen walking through life, passing through the centuries.
I give it a 4/5. It was a masterclass in abjection, but I'll need a few days before reading the sequel. This one stays on the shelf.
Content Warnings (in no particular order): Gore, Death, Sex, Derogatory Language (aka slurs), Self Harm, Suicide, War, Murder, Violence
Graphic: Violence, Gore, Torture, War, and Child death
Moderate: Racial slurs, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Racism, Child death, and Death of parent
Minor: Drug use and Fire/Fire injury
jarnbooks's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, War, Alcohol, Death, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Torture, Medical content, Medical trauma, Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Slavery
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Child death, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Murder
Minor: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Abortion, Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Vomit, Self harm, Pregnancy, Car accident, Excrement, Infertility, Infidelity, and Rape
Most of these are one-time things that happen over the course of a few pages but are extremely explicit. The most graphic was the war arc that happens during part 4. There is a ton of body horror throughout the book including dismemberment, and graphic descriptions of body decay.annabelle's review
It was after the 60% mark that I began to lose interest. There were still some good moments, but once Zebulon left for LA I was truly bored. We lost a lot of the horror elements, and we didn't remain in one place with one set of characters. I loved having that in depth character study and we lost that after we got to WW1. The story lacked the depth it had before and it felt like something we had already seen before. Those sections didn’t add anything new. Those sections really reminded me that we are reading from a white man’s perspective.
The beginning was so good, but the following sections didn’t compare. I don’t want to waste time on books that I don’t love so I DNF’d. It’s not a bad book, it just didn't grip me after a certain point.
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Violence, and War