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islesbiyana's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
“We could devote our lives to making sense of the odd, the inexplicable, the coincidental, but most of us don’t. And neither did I.”
Overall Rating — 3.5 stars ★★★☆☆
Graphic: Murder, Violence, Death, Addiction, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Gore, Blood, Emotional abuse, and Body horror
Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, and Gaslighting
Minor: Vomit, Misogyny, Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Body shaming
chloseencounter's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Mental illness and Murder
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Vomit, and Medical trauma
Minor: Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Cursing, and Death of parent
wrensreadingroom's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Death, Grief, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Blood, Confinement, Terminal illness, Violence, Vomit, Addiction, Child abuse, Alcohol, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Gore, and Sexual content
mixeterna's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Sadly, the ending felt cliché to me and was a bit disappointing.
There was a semi-frequent use of homophobic slurs throughout, including in the very first scene, and some racist rhetoric which was never really addressed. The main character isn't painted as a likeable person, but it still made me pause and wonder whether this was a reflection of her character or just the author. There was also a conflation between demonic possession and mental illness at points,
Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Child abuse, Infidelity, Cursing, Homophobia, and Sexual violence
Minor: Vomit, Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, and Racism
Increasing depictions of murder and gore towards the end of the book. Body horror, again more towards the end. Cursing throughout. Some mentions of characters vomiting. Use of homophobic slurs and at a few points some stereotyped depictions of people of colour. Mention of kidnapping. Graphically described instance of child abuse with a brief mention of parental abuse:rachelunabridged's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Blood, Cursing, and Death
Minor: Vomit
rosesofthespring'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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Cursing, Homophobia, Infidelity, Alcohol, Confinement, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Murder, Death, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Physical abuse
Minor: Child abuse, Classism, Animal cruelty, Vomit, Child death, Death of parent, and Excrement
It's a book about demonic possession, so there are are a lot of psychosis-esque symptoms, although the main character is not actually psychotic/schizophrenic. This book may be triggering to readers with psychosis, especially those with religious delusions.madarauchiha's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I liked that it wasn't a The Exorcist rip off or mimic, how bleak it was, the use of religious myth, and how fucked up the ending was.
major body horror, child abuse, death, dog attacks, dogs, drowning, homophobia, homophobic f slur, mental illness, prisons, unsanitary
medium alcohol, bone fractures, female on male rape, incest, injuries, rape, violence
minor classism, domestic abuse, drowning, drug use smoking tobacco, addiction, infidelity, parental death, psychosis?, sexual content, vomit
Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Confinement, Body horror, Child abuse, and Death
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Alcohol, Rape, and Violence
Minor: Classism, Infidelity, Sexual content, Vomit, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Domestic abuse, and Drug use
katkinslee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Body horror, Violence, Gore, Cursing, Blood, Vomit, and Sexual content
rachele's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Murder and Blood
Moderate: Gore and Infidelity
Minor: Child abuse and Vomit
cyan_altaria's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Death, Murder, and Violence
Minor: Vomit