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queerreaderchaos's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Gore, Torture, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury
not_another_ana's review against another edition
- 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? No
3.75
No, we are not very different at all, even if one is fashioned with thread and dried sinew, the other cleaved and then conjugated by magic.
A siren and a plague doctor travel the land together, walking away from destruction and right into something sinister in the middle of the woods. This is a strange book to summarize or even describe. It felt more like an event or a landscape. I think you'll either like this or absolutely despise it, no inbetween.
Beautiful yet challenging prose. At times I felt like I was wading through a swamp whenever the author threw these complex and uncommon words (not helped by the fact that English is my second language). Very vibes but with a lot of thoughts. I would highly recommend checking trigger warnings for this one, you'll find everything from cannibalism to child death to graphic gore. Ultimately I liked it but I felt cheated by the length, like a meal missing its main ingredient.
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Pregnancy
chrysanthxmum's review
4.25
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, and Cannibalism
Moderate: Confinement and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Miscarriage, Torture, and Pregnancy
bangiebangs's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
I read this not even knowing what genre this was going to be, and I can recommend doing that. Pick it up now, come read the reviews later and see what you think. It's definitely worth it.
This story is dark and uncomfortable, relentlessly tricking you into thinking what will happen next and then leading you somewhere else entirely. Extremely interesting, couldn't put it down, and even if I don't usually read... horror? Is it horror? ... I really enjoyed this one.
Beautiful language, excellent levels of horror, definitely recommended. I'm only not giving it a full 5* because I'm not sure whether I'd reread it... but maybe?
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Religious bigotry
natka_manatee's review
- 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
1.0
Also, this is not even remotely a fairytale. The only thing in common is that she (whoever she is bc she doesn’t have a pronounceable name) is technically a mermaid like “The Little Mermaid”. Although, she also walks on land the whole time and turns into fire at one point so who really knows.
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Vomit
It just sucked dude idk what to tell youcpratreads'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? No
4.0
Definitely interested in reading more from Khaw.
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, and Violence
Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Sexual assault
latashman's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Gore, and Miscarriage
sydresnik's review
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Child death and Murder
raven_nivhaar's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, and Torture
Minor: Animal death and Child death
hoganbreathesinink's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I would definitely read a lengthier book with the mermaid and the plague doctor's backstories!
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Torture, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder