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avareadsoccasionally'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
5.0
Graphic: Animal death and Blood
Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Alcohol, Cannibalism, Child death, Murder, Death of parent, and Vomit
Minor: Cannibalism
booksthatburn's review against another edition
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Death
Minor: Violence, Pregnancy, and Death of parent
c_serpent's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I didn't care about any of these characters, though, and I thought the ending was stupid.
A star has been given for Libby and Darren's relationship because siblings are everything. A star has been given for the truck-stop, American Gothic, liminal space feeling that Jones crafts in this novel. A star has been awarded for Grace Ellen. A star has been removed for the death of a grizzly bear. Another star has been removed for a lot of the characters being unlovable, albeit realistic.
Total score: 3/5 stars
Graphic: Body horror, Animal cruelty, and Animal death
Moderate: Death of parent and Gore
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
nerodyne'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
3.75
Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Animal death, Body horror, and Violence
Moderate: Excrement, Alcohol, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Vomit
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, and Physical abuse
eisenbuns'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? No
4.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Death of parent
Moderate: Xenophobia, Racism, and Death
Minor: Rape
aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition
Sucks because I loved My Heart is a Chainsaw. I'll try another book by this author and hopefully it isn't like Mongrels.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, and Body horror
Moderate: Death of parent, Alcohol, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Medical content
lynxpardinus's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death, Cannibalism, Confinement, Excrement, Gore, Death of parent, and Blood
Moderate: Antisemitism, Bullying, Medical content, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Police brutality, Sexual content, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Vomit
Minor: Pedophilia, Homophobia, Adult/minor relationship, and Drug abuse
Contains discussion of bestiality - as well as a scene where a werewolf in shift is mounted by a dog, albeit evidently against her will.Antisemitism warning is just in case, for a chapter that involves a Jewish cemetery.
mandkips's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, and Animal cruelty
Moderate: Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Gore, and Pedophilia
childofmongreldogs's review against another edition
5.0
The elements of horror and sadness are so strong. Gore heavy and a difficult read in some places despite it's length and the absolute readability of it. I have so many thoughts and how the lycanthropy relates to intergenerational trauma, the mysticism of families, poverty, etc. Just absolutely masterful.
Despite the feeling of sadness I got reading the ending, it was surprising how hopeful the ending truly was. In a book that was frequently so bleak and painful, the idea that there's a possibility for a happy ending was euphoric. I don't know what to say except that this is probably my top read this year and possibly this decade.
Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Murder, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Police brutality, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, Infertility, and Injury/Injury detail
ofbooksandechos's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Gore, Body horror, and Animal cruelty
Moderate: Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Animal death
Minor: Domestic abuse and Adult/minor relationship