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kristasorocks's review against another edition
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Ableism, Blood, Vomit, Excrement, and Body horror
Moderate: Dementia
sk13912's review against another edition
2.0
I love a weird book but this was just disheartening and frustrating. I appreciate the intention and the creativity with which it was done, but it was just an unsatisfying story devoid of emotion. I can’t sympathize with the mother or the baby or the father or anyone else. The mother was infuriating and hypocritical, obSESSED with her baby being different and rejected by polite society before the baby is even born. She wants her baby to be her “true self” but only if that true self matched the mother’s perception of her child. The father is short-sighted, kind of a jerk, and quite dumb for not recognizing his wife was deeply disturbed and delusional from the beginning. Also the metaphor of disability gets really lost in the literalism of the language and the story. Like what’s meant to be signified by feeding live animals to an infant?
exlibris_emily's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
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
5.0
baileighrhoads's review against another edition
I just wasn't in the mood for this genre at the time. Will try again later this summer
silverjennydollar's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
mamalovesfour's review against another edition
4.0
So odd. I can't competently explain what the book is abour or what happens, but it was engaging and touched my heart throughout.
alicebme's review against another edition
4.0
This book destroyed me. I could smell it. Taste it. I broke my own heart reading it, and I should have known better.
wasabiapple's review against another edition
challenging
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
rainb0wreads's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Surrealist tellings of the different sides of caring for children with disability it seems. There’s a lot to unpack within this narrative that I’m currently attempting to grasp but I feel like the conversations, actions, and reactions of the characters hold very real weight in regards to the experiences of families in the greater world struggling with mental and physical health while caring for a child that needs extra help as well. Enablement versus embracing is something I’ve personally taken away from this as well