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asexualandriod'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
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Grief, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Moderate: Alcoholism, Racism, and Cultural appropriation
Minor: Sexual content
The content warnings for drug use and addiction are in reference to the alien lifeforms that are present in the book. They are microscopic, in things like food and water, and their elevated presence exhibits similar symptoms to highs from drugs. The narrative surrounding the aliens is often framed as an addiction.thereaderfriend'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
3.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, and Grief
Moderate: Drug use, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Transphobia
drlove2018's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Grief and Cultural appropriation
Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Violence and Medical content
cheye13's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Abandonment
Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, and Cultural appropriation
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Racism, Sexual content, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
The Seep is spoken of as a drug/narcotic.inamerata's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
My memories are who I am. You take away my memories, you erase me. Existence is memory. Do you understand? You’d kill me. You’d murder Trina FastHorse Goldberg-Oneka, daughter of Rita and Samuel, a child of love. Trans woman. Artist. Doctor. Healer. Native American. Jew. You erase my memories, and you erase my lineage of ancestors—their pain, their triumphs, their passions, their dreams. No matter if the memories bring me pain. It’s my pain! Let me have it.
By The Seep’s own thesis, Deeba was wrong. She did kill herself by reverting to infancy, and she wanted her wife to either kill herself, too, or become her fucking mother. (Honestly, fuck Deeba.)
It is beautiful and brave to go toward a new beginning. The entire book builds toward Trina growing and moving forward with a clear head. Cursed with immortality, everyone in The Seep will have to choose when to end their current selves. So why is going "back" suddenly beautiful? How is being too chickenshit to speak plainly brave?
Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Grief
Moderate: Racism and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Body horror and Transphobia
mandkips's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, and Grief
Moderate: Drug abuse, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Transphobia
imrereads's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Racism, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Grief
theoreads's review against another edition
2.5
Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol
bookbunnie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Don’t read this book if themes of grief are uninteresting to you, or you don’t like talking bears.
This is a quick read that made me cry and laugh in turns. I love the tempered optimism of an attainable utopia that still promises personal growth, of a benevolent creature that may know what’s technically best for us but might not always get it right. If speculative fiction is your thing, I would highly suggest this.
Graphic: Alcoholism and Grief
Moderate: Cultural appropriation
Minor: Gun violence, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts
dododenise's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
It was mainly about grief, but also toxic positivity, the flaws in absolute kindness.
The concept of the Seep was so interesting. I love a good dystopia/utopia, and this certainly intrigued me.
Nonetheless, I seemed to float above the story, barely ever really entering it. I think that was due to it’s odd pace. It made the book unique, but also a very different experience which I’m not sure how to judge.
Unfortunately I didn’t like the main character all that much. It wasn’t like I couldn’t sympathise with her, but I didn’t just float over the plot, but I also floated over her. I had a hard time entering her mind.
The last quarter of the story properly confused me. I think I kind of understood what was happening and somehow it made it all so much better. It was weird and abstract, and I loved that.
It was weird but I strangely liked it. And if anything, the main concept was really cool, which is the most important part in dystopia for me.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Grief, and Alcohol
Moderate: Racism and Suicidal thoughts