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phantomgecko's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Defos living lives that I cannot relate with.
idk, obvs the point of the book is the people and not what is happening to them, and their personalities are fleshed out and believable. I'd rather have read about what happened than these particular unlikeable character tho.
Moderate: Body horror, Classism, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Racism
bhoomika26's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Excrement, Sexual content, and Body horror
Moderate: Vomit
Minor: Incest
scharocket's review against another edition
1.0
All leading up to an ending that was no ending at all, just a lazy stoppage of 240 pages of stream-of-consciousness writing.
I had the urge to DNF at about page 16, after one particularly grotesque description of a character's genitals, but CERTAINLY not the last one.
I should listen to my DNF instincts more.
Moderate: Sexual content and Vomit
irinalast's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Minor: Racism, Toxic relationship, War, Grief, Alcohol, Medical content, Confinement, Terminal illness, Death, and Sexual content
ghostycell's review against another edition
So overwritten, sex scenes so bad it could turn rabbits clerical, overly sexual descriptions of children (I can't believe this keeps happening in books??), descriptions of an entire family's genitals, icky and cynical descriptions of almost everything, narrator bounces around and hard to decipher who's talking and where, endless conversations (who talks like that?), clunky writing.
Interesting premise but no execution. This is about 40% 'just not for me' and 60% genuinely bad writing.
Graphic: Sexual content
ariparip's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Vomit
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Racism, and Sexual content
Minor: War
robynbookworm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Vomit and Blood
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Alcohol, Cursing, Racism, and Excrement
nutmegandpumpkin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
2.0
Graphic: Vomit and Sexual content
passionatereader78's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Sexual content
dblue236's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
Did I just read a 300-page first chapter? Was that ACTUALLY the entire book? Did I really spend all that time waiting to find out what was happening only to learn... nothing at all?
Okay, I'm mad. I loved the concept of this book and the tension of it was glorious. And then just... nothing. No resolution. No explanation. No ending.
*flips table*
Three stars for no reason other than how much I really wanted to love this.
Graphic: Medical trauma and Vomit
Moderate: Sexual content