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savshelfinger's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, and Stalking
Moderate: Suicide and Animal cruelty
fox_at_the_circus'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
The main character in the beginning gave me the vibes of a headmistress teaching a valuable lesson. and then she slowly becomes more frantic and personal and it is harder to follow, harder to distiguish where the 'now' ends and her retelling of past stories starts. it really grips you and makes you keep reading. Her childhood trauma and family trouble work really well with the noir feeling and also explain why she would follow this path. Her slow descend into some kind of madness (or maybe just clarity of mind) is so well-written.
I always felt a bit lost and a few steps behind everyone while reading, but so was the main character often times, and it really improved the noir reading experience.
I also learned a lot about humingbirds and salamanders in this book.
Graphic: Violence, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, and Gun violence
Moderate: Animal death, Kidnapping, Torture, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, and Stalking
Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic
scytheria's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Stalking, Abandonment, Murder, Death, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Vomit, and Torture
Minor: Sexual content and Alcohol
mgmotley's review against another edition
- 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
2.25
Moderate: Infidelity, Body horror, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Blood, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Stalking, and Gun violence
lynxpardinus's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Suicide, Child abuse, Death, Stalking, and Torture
Moderate: Toxic friendship, Blood, Child death, Cursing, Death of parent, Dementia, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Confinement, Religious bigotry, Body shaming, Infidelity, and Mass/school shootings
Minor: Police brutality, Ableism, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, and War
crowcore'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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
So the book felt a little on the nose 😬
Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Chronic illness, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Grief, Sexism, Stalking, Death of parent, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Animal death, Blood, and Misogyny
Moderate: Toxic friendship, Body shaming, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Forced institutionalization, Ableism, Deportation, Confinement, Infidelity, Medical content, Torture, and Genocide
mandkips's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Stalking, Murder, and Blood
Moderate: Violence and Gore
Minor: Animal death and Infidelity
daisylady's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
4.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Stalking
caprivoyant's review against another edition
1.5
It's hard for me to tell if this is a criticism for the book itself or just for the audio version, but this book was just "ok" for me. I read it with my honey through a number of car trips, and it never really got thrilling? I think maybe if I wasn't expecting a thriller, I could have gotten more into the book...? But, then again, maybe not. The narrator of this book sounded bored. And it made me bored. So maybe I wouldn't have liked it at all no matter what. 😐
Is this the experience with the physical book? I have no idea. I think I would have added emotion to the text version of this book if I were reading the pages instead of listening to a voice actor's interpretations of this one. But maybe the main character is just flat anyway? I HAVE NO IDEA!
END OF REVIEW 🐦
⚠ Some of the Content Warnings for this book, I don't really know how to put in the section below. So I'll start here and do my best in that section down there. Taxidermy! Dead animals (they're not being killed in the book, they're just dead), fatphobia, eco-terrorism, death of parents (mentioned), child abuse, murder (some in self-defense), infidelity, medical content, fighting/gore-ish, and poking eyes out/maiming of taxidermied things?!??! What is the CW for that?!
Moderate: Fatphobia, Blood, Medical content, Stalking, and Murder
Minor: Animal death, Death of parent, and Child abuse
v171's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Violence