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lizardgod's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Blood, Vomit, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Medical content, Infidelity, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Violence, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Emotional abuse, and Grief
Moderate: Alcoholism
Minor: Racism and Cursing
rainbowbrarian's review against another edition
Add to that Sean's casual racism, lack of empathy, and massive refusal to give a single shit about anything but what she wants?
I hate books with miserable queer protagonists and I don't think it's progress to be all "Oh look how far we've come, queers can be miserable like everyone else". If that's something you need to find queer people relatable, you're beyond missing the point.
Graphic: Racism, Vomit, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, and Abandonment
scifi_rat's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Animal death, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Grief, Cursing, Alcohol, Medical content, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Sexism and Vomit
mar'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? Yes
1.5
also, very confused as to why this book is labelled as horror - it's unsettling in the way a nonfiction book about climate change is unsettling, but i really wouldn't call it horror. unless you're creeped out by a failing marriage ig
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Sexual content
Moderate: Blood, Gore, and Medical content
Minor: Sexism and Racism
charlotteer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- 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
The plot was interesting and was explored well in its 105 pages but I felt as if it fell short of a few expectations and was a little lack-lustre because of this.
Overall, a little too monotonous for me but I did enjoy reading it!
Graphic: Animal cruelty and Medical content
Moderate: Gore, Infidelity, Animal death, Violence, and Vomit
Minor: Sexism, Racism, and Alcohol
blacksphinx's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Despite not being horror, I think if you liked Our Wives Under The Sea you might like this. It's a different take on "failing sapphic marriage," if you can handle a narrator who is a self-centered racist dick.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Infidelity, Sexual content, Animal death, Medical content, and Violence
Moderate: Vomit, Cursing, Grief, Racism, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Death
fieldfarmer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Medical trauma, Animal cruelty, Medical content, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Racism and Sexism
chris_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Animal death
Moderate: Medical content, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Violence
Minor: Medical trauma and Blood
sarahholliday's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Sean is a fascinating protagonist, at once reprehensibly selfish and pathetically sympathetic, and I loved how Madelo used her conversations with Riya to dig into the ethics of research questions and funding sources.
The writing in Feed Them Silence is layered and beautiful, capturing the various tones in which Sean engages with Kate (her canine research subject) and the world around her.
I really loved this novella and think it's a testament to what can be done with this genre of writing.
Graphic: Animal death, Alcohol, Blood, and Medical content
Moderate: Animal cruelty
eegekay's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Infidelity, Violence, Animal death, and Medical content