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cousinrachel's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Also, the violence was gratuitous beyond belief, to the point of being ludicrous. My lord. Did we need that much information about the
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder
slushhhhy's review against another edition
- 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? No
5.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Violence, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
saturnal'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
3.25
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Violence, Trafficking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
siobhanward'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? Yes
3.0
Otherwise, the rest of the book was pretty good. As a vampire novel, it was creepy and well-written. Like many Swedish novels, the violence and darkness is turned all the way up to 11. I think this was mostly used effectively, but is definitely a bit stomach-churning.
I liked the book overall. It was different than everything else I've read in the past and kept me engaged. I saw how long it was and assumed that it would take me a few days to get through it, but it only took me one. I couldn't even tell you what I liked about the book other than it pulled me in and I couldn't stop reading.
Graphic: Pedophilia and Blood
thefigtree's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
the novel is uncomfortable to read and at many parts made me physically curl up and cringe but it's good and it's clever and i liked it. it definitely could have gone on for another 100/150 pages and been an appropriate length too (with a more fleshed out ending!!!!).
it's definitely going to throw you off if you go in for the vampires (or because it often gets advertised just as a 'lgbtq vampire book'), you have to be prepared for the content and how it's handled, but if you are it goes to show that when vampires are done well it really does work.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Pedophilia, and Rape
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Self harm, and Suicide
Minor: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, and Vomit
kaiyakaiyo'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? It's complicated
0.5
Scene after scene of child molestation and frankly unnecessary harm on women and children… the few women characters were there only to be extremely bad mothers or sexual objects… though to be fair, ALL of the characters were extremely unrealistic fucked up caricatures.
This book was far too long (because of all the pedophilic content shoved in) and had a lot of strange subplots that all came together eventually with no real satisfaction. The only actually interesting thing about this book was how it dealt with Eli’s gender; disgusting castration scene aside, this book was surprisingly faithful to the inherent genderqueer-ness that has existed in vampire myth since the beginning. I’m sure someone could write or has written really interesting papers on gender in this. That’s the only nice thing I can say though, otherwise this was a moderately interesting vampire myth idea squandered on gratuitous trauma porn. What is it with Swedes and pedophilia???
Nasty book, the author should be jailed
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, and Vomit
ireneac's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Gore, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Blood, and Murder
riley2005's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Bullying and Death
Moderate: Body horror, Drug use, and Pedophilia
ryoflame's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Bullying and Pedophilia
astre_errant's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol