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harpoonholly's review
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Audiobook edition.
The actor read well and her voice alternations were mostly seamless, but very distinctive as she switched between characters.
The imagery was well done and I'm finding I enjoy Piper's work the more I read of hers. I especially appreciate the odd focus (by degree) of teeth. I can't explain why, but teeth are unsettling.
The characters were each likeable in their own ways, even the least likeable garnered some sympathy from me. Not enough to forgive, but enough to understand.
I could see listening to this again, but I wouldn't call it a horror, more of a noir urban fantasy. There was a lot of blood, some guts (you don't want to get stuffed with those gory details anyway), and certainly desperation, but the imagery wasn't what I would define as scary, not in the horror sense.
I like it, it ticks all my urban fantasy boxes. I recommend it.
The actor read well and her voice alternations were mostly seamless, but very distinctive as she switched between characters.
The imagery was well done and I'm finding I enjoy Piper's work the more I read of hers. I especially appreciate the odd focus (by degree) of teeth. I can't explain why, but teeth are unsettling.
The characters were each likeable in their own ways, even the least likeable garnered some sympathy from me. Not enough to forgive, but enough to understand.
I could see listening to this again, but I wouldn't call it a horror, more of a noir urban fantasy. There was a lot of blood, some guts (you don't want to get stuffed with those gory details anyway), and certainly desperation, but the imagery wasn't what I would define as scary, not in the horror sense.
I like it, it ticks all my urban fantasy boxes. I recommend it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Gore, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Child death, Body horror, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, and Death
Moderate: Grief, Bullying, Death of parent, Police brutality, and Gun violence
Minor: Animal death and Genocide
bsmucker's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- 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
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Abandonment, Murder, Violence, and Death
Moderate: Child death, Gaslighting, and Gun violence
booksthatburn's review against another edition
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Blood, Gore, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence
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