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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
It is a very violent novel set during a very tumultuous period of history. At times I felt like the lingering descriptions of violence, especially against women, felt a bit gratuitous.
I thought some of the other characters were quite compelling but we only see or hear of them through the unlikeable narrator and they get increasingly less time as the novel goes on.
At various points throughout the novel, I would would finish a scene and think, well at least it can't get worse than that! And then it did. 🙃
I would read another of the author's books but I only finished this one because I was reading it for a bookclub.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Excrement, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Classism
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Genocide, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Sexual harassment
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Grief, Abortion