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aedoran08's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Rape
aecatec's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.5
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, and Gore
stellarkai's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Blood, and Murder
heather667's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, and Fire/Fire injury
kaiyakaiyo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
it got to the point where the sensorial detail even became repetitive; blood = rubies, entrails = coils/ribbons, bones = baby teeth… we get it! tons of words used over & over to the point where it almost felt like copy/paste. for a book so short it shouldn’t have been hard to come up with a word to replace “bathyal” instead of saying it over & over
neither of the leads were interesting. we were on the cusp of so many interesting details about “mermaid” lore, about human reanimation, the magical universe they are in, but the author chose to squander that on pages and pages of describing trees and skin and teeth. the romance had potential to be interesting, but again… the author chose to focus on how everything smelled and tasted for some reason
also this was an extremely loose “fairytale retelling”; I was personally okay with that, but don’t come in expecting anything detailed in that regard. Khaw doesn’t really go into detail about anything that isn’t a texture or a taste
if style over substance is your jam, this may be for you! it is firmly not mine so 2 stars trending downward. I had a similar complaint with Nothing But Blackened Teeth, so I think this author is just on the Don’t Read list for me :/ kernels of really interesting but ultimately unrealized premise seem to be the lay of the land. spent the whole book waiting for Khaw to get into the story only for there not to be a story at
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
triforcefusion's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Not what I expected at all, and it's very gory. As a myth it's interesting and I'm not quite sure what it says, or if it needs to say anything. The story is almost like a long poem.
Graphic: Child death and Gore
lakinlindsey's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
zghutcheson01's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Blood, and Cannibalism
leia_lynn's review against another edition
Graphic: Child death and Gore
kylasmv15's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury