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ptomatodactylus's review
Difficult to follow and process through audiobook format, lots of references and dates that I’d want to flip back and forth to review but was unable to.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug use, Gore, Pandemic/Epidemic, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail
cappuccino136's review
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This book is a weird, wild, and violent ride. It is a pandemic apocalypse exploring interesting sci-fi concepts and at times feels like horror. Even before the Tiger Flu devastation, society we are familiar with has collapsed because there is no more oil and the climate crisis has gotten worse. Technology that exists is a mixture of biotech and high tech. The writing style is visceral. There are also literal viscera and assorted blood and gore. The descriptions capture beauty as well as brutality. The characters are deeply traumatized and feel and behave accordingly. You are dropped in the middle of this world and there are not a lot of explanations given. There are also hallucinatory fever dreams. Nothing feels solid or trustworthy.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, and Violence
Moderate: Cannibalism
keenanmaree's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Excrement, Genocide, Kidnapping, and Violence
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