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2busyreading's review against another edition
dark
medium-paced
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Death, Grief, and Violence
Moderate: Torture and Rape
superindiekid's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
- 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
3.75
trashroyal's review against another edition
dark
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
ghost_cat99's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- 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
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, Homophobia, and Violence
moodster's review against another edition
Could not find a plot thread anywhere to follow. Unnecessarily graphic at times with no plot churn. First DNF of the year.
metalmakubex's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- 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
heynelson's review against another edition
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
nicolamb's review against another edition
2.0
What in the plot-holey hell was this? Other than an exercise into why the author should put the similes down, dammit! And also why the reader (hi!) shouldn't buy 3 books at full price by the same author in a single day without ever having read their work before. Please send help for the next two books I own and will occasionally glare at when I see them on my shelf and otherwise pretend they don't exist.
Honestly though, I counted 3 similes in a single paragraph and read them to my partner in the kitchen. We both laughed like dawn-speckled hyenas who had found the blown carcass of a recent kill that would see us through the aching desperation of another day on a god-forsaken prairie, whilst my partner stirred soup that simmered with the anguished cries and bubbles of despair apparent only in those who are lost and forgotten.
There is also a LOT wrong in this book with the depictions of trauma, which I won't say anymore about but please do be careful with that.
Please Mr. LaRocca, sometimes simpler is better. It honestly wasn't all bad though, after navigating the numerous plot holes (I can't even speak about the ending) and the over-stretched prose, the second-half did pick up & I was genuinely interested for at least 20 pages :/
Honestly though, I counted 3 similes in a single paragraph and read them to my partner in the kitchen. We both laughed like dawn-speckled hyenas who had found the blown carcass of a recent kill that would see us through the aching desperation of another day on a god-forsaken prairie, whilst my partner stirred soup that simmered with the anguished cries and bubbles of despair apparent only in those who are lost and forgotten.
There is also a LOT wrong in this book with the depictions of trauma, which I won't say anymore about but please do be careful with that.
Please Mr. LaRocca, sometimes simpler is better. It honestly wasn't all bad though, after navigating the numerous plot holes (I can't even speak about the ending) and the over-stretched prose, the second-half did pick up & I was genuinely interested for at least 20 pages :/
hippietilley's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
This book was pretty intense.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Torture