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maryam16080208's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Violence, Medical content, and Ableism
suneaters's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Graphic: Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, and Gore
Moderate: Confinement, Child abuse, Grief, Blood, and Bullying
Minor: Abandonment, Ableism, Antisemitism, Car accident, and Vomit
There is a lot of animal death and cruelty. Many of the animals are pets. A mother has a disabled child who she contemplates killing and/or abandoning to die. She confines him at times. A child is killed and eaten.ava_devries's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Animal death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Murder
Moderate: Ableism, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Gore
Minor: Antisemitism, Vomit, and Rape
howlinglibraries's review against another edition
3.5
✨ Representation: disabled protagonist (missing multiple fingers) with an undiagnosed mental illness (implied schizophrenia) and Tourette's
Graphic: Cannibalism, Antisemitism, Death, Grief, Infertility, Ableism, Violence, Murder, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, and Miscarriage
Minor: Rape
chloseencounter's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This book was a little slow pace for my liking, I really struggled to get through the first half of it when usually a book this length would maybe take me three days at the most, but once the plot picked up around the 50% mark I finished it very quickly.
There were a lot of things about this story that I liked. The atmosphere was great, very creepy and gritty, parts of it definitely made me feel gross to read.
I enjoyed Stevie as our main narrator (I love the unreliable narrator trope) and I thought it was very effective that we saw things from his POV and how frustrating it was when no one would listen to him or take the time to understand him. It’s horrific to feel as if you have something very important to say and not have the ability to express it, though this is a reality a lot of people face. It was sad to see the way in which every adult in Stevie’s life failed him,
I did think making the creature kind of a monster and kind of a disabled person was a little on the nose but I saw what Ania was getting at there, I’m just not sure it was 100% successful in its delivery.
I enjoyed the ending too though I understand why it wouldn’t be for everyone.
This was a solid read. It was gritty, challenging, tense, sad, dark, and unnerving, but I wouldn’t suggest this novel for everyone, I think the level of bleakness and ambiguity would be a hard sell for most. However I’m excited to see what else Ania Ahlborn has to offer.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, and Violence
Moderate: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Vomit, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Infertility, and Kidnapping
Minor: Car accident, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, and Stalking
ripxw's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Pregnancy, Ableism, Gore, Miscarriage, and Violence
Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Medical content, Confinement, and Medical trauma
lesbihane's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Interesting as a study of disability depicted in horror and how it reflects the real life, still alive and well, belief that disability is of the devil. That is where the devil crept in. Ultimately I was disappointed in an otherwise promising horror story.
Graphic: Body horror, Mental illness, Ableism, Animal cruelty, and Animal death