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bodiesinbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Cannibalism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Car accident
bakerreads's review against another edition
Graphic: Child abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Sexual content, and Blood
Moderate: Bullying and Racism
Minor: Alcoholism
tking250's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Animal death and Child death
sofipitch's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
For diversity I put it's complicated bc a character can be read has being nonbinary or gender fluid but it's not concretely addressed in the book (this is my understanding of the character). It also makes the romantic relationship in the book gay. But the book is a little vague on this
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Animal death, Drug use, and Excrement
Minor: Domestic abuse
mysimas's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I liked the book a bit less than on my first read a few years ago, my main issues being pacing and how dark the tale was. Now, this book is supposed to be dark, it’s a horror about vampires after all — and the related gore and description of Eli’s kills and the body horror of becoming a vampire was great. But then there were other things, unrelated to vampires, and the author may have taken them a tad over the top, especially what with the pedophilia and some details of Eli’s backstory. None of those things needed to be there; in fact, I would argue they bogged down the pacing, which already had its issues due to the sheer multitude of the POVs. Most of the characters were likeable, but my favourites were Oscar and Eli, and whenever the focus shifted from them I felt my attention shift away, too.
Still, I think it’s a very good book. The vampire lore was captivating enough, the characters all behaved believably, and the prose was solid, with some smooth transitions between the POVs and a collection of powerful scenes. I will likely reread at some point.
PS — I’m still not over the fact that the first time Oskar saw Eli, it was in a mirror. How awesome is that?!
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Trafficking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death and Death of parent
Minor: Xenophobia
meganelise's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Murder
shiv123's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Pedophilia and Physical abuse
kristinhunziker's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, and Murder
Minor: Trafficking
sucrose's review against another edition
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Blood, Trafficking, and Murder
will_meringue's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder