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cmuise's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
magicant's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Alcohol
Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual harassment
lindsaylhunter's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Emotional abuse and Gun violence
Minor: Infidelity and Rape
joshoonet's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
- The very core story of the Navidson Record is incredibly interesting and thrilling. I love the descriptions of their explorations and the uncertainty that comes with them.
- Zampanòs huge passages of discussing certain words and picking apart their meanings nearly made me stop reading, out of pure disconnection with the content. Even if it related to the core story. My god.
- Can only recommend checking out the appendixes as one goes along, they provide a more thorough understanding of the text. Although the same can't be said about the hints to other chapters. That got too confusing for me.
- LOVED the code that could be found and potentially deciphered here and there. I'm sure i missed some too.
- Overall: high concentration needed to read this, but worth it in the end. I'll keep thinking about it for a while, but won't be picking it up again anytime soon.
Graphic: Addiction, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Cancer, Infidelity, Vomit, Car accident, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Long, purely informative passages about the background and meaning of specific terms or topics can be skipped or skimmed. On the topic of sexual content and misogyny:reggiethebird'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Rape and Vomit
blobvis's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Sometimes the pages only contain a few words making you turn the pages quickly and feeling the tension of the scene and the feelings of the characters in twofold.
As well as I think that it's interesting that the deeper Navidson goes into the house the more unstable Johnny becomes. I really like how there are so much parallels between the essay and Johnny's life, and between the characters in the essay itself (although the essay seems to be mainly written to find those parallels). I do love the editors' footnotes, they made me laugh. And in the end I didn't mind Johnny's footnotes that much because they became less frequent and more focused aka he stopped doing drugs and stopped talking about how much he fucked. And I did like reading his last notes on the book.
In any case I basically read a rather interesting essay instead of a book so 4 stars because it's just really creative and I love creativity
And as I heard there are some secrets in it too as well as an dedicated community to find it. Not my cup of tea but maybe for others the reason to read it.
Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, and Sexual content
Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
booksaregodly's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Alcohol
Minor: Death of parent
bealittlebrave's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol
Moderate: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
akiram's review
- 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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol
gentle_garbage_baby's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, and Death of parent
Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Car accident, and Alcohol