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thoseoldcrows23'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: Suicide, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Racism, Infidelity, Infertility, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Cursing, Body horror, Blood, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, Sexism, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Death, Classism, Colonisation, Child death, Cannibalism, and Miscarriage
bugaboobear's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
The plot itself was good and the pacing picked up around the half way mark and kept me reading until it was finished.
Graphic: Incest, Body horror, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Cannibalism, Racism, Xenophobia, Incest, Murder, Kidnapping, Terminal illness, and Sexism
Minor: Miscarriage, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, Cursing, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Suicide
denlia's review
- 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: Xenophobia, Gore, Violence, Racism, War, and Terminal illness
kgc8'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? No
4.5
Graphic: Sexual assault, Incest, Forced institutionalization, and Body horror
Moderate: Terminal illness and Misogyny
Minor: Cannibalism
nadiaxm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
full of gothic, creepy, ambiance and fungi
Moderate: Terminal illness, Sexual assault, and Sexism
cadybooks'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
2.5
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Misogyny, Drug abuse, Trafficking, Torture, Sexual assault, Racism, Rape, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Violence, Sexual content, Medical content, Terminal illness, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Incest, Infertility, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Cursing, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Death, Child death, Child abuse, Cannibalism, Body horror, Blood, and Animal death
_qwert's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Incest, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Gore, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Racism, Cannibalism, and Colonisation
corriejn's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Colonisation, and Mental illness
Moderate: Sexual assault and Pregnancy
Minor: Sexual content
paperknotbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
I kept having to put this down because the story stiffly shifts from one room, then another, then town, then something trippy happens. The plot was constantly interrupted with stories of past figures and happenings, which would have been something better discovered organically, or detail revealed to the reader through alternate chapters. So what I’m saying is that the book could use some more editing.
By the end, I think it was trying to draw parallels of the Grant Wood painting American Gothic,
The book was certainly unsettling, and full of ‘shrooms. I’m guessing with how often the word “putrefaction” came up, they would be particularly smelly ones!
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Sexual violence, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Blood, Gore, and Slavery
Minor: Incest
xiggy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Terminal illness, Violence, Body horror, Sexual content, Gore, Incest, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence