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hellebore's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Cannibalism, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Gore, Blood, and Drug abuse
Minor: Body horror
jgberokoff's review
- 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
4.75
It’s a bit slow to start and often confusing but the ending and the message are well worth it.
Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Blood, and Death
tieflingkisser'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
5.0
Graphic: Gore, Blood, Body horror, and Murder
Moderate: Suicide, Child death, and Cannibalism
Minor: Addiction, Transphobia, and Alcoholism
klavin_lovell'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
4.0
Now I wouldn't recommend reading the book expecting another Magnus Archives as that's not what it is. It is, however, fantastic.
It can become gruesome so I would recommend practicing caution but if you've listened to the more violent Magnus Archives episodes it should be bearable.
In my opinion the story is fascinating, an intelligent statement about morality and self preservation. The ideologies that may come with one's experiences and backgrounds. It can be a little difficult to follow with every chapter being a different narrative and keeping up with the large main cast can be tricky if you don't have the best memory, like myself.
However the cast is diverse and some characters are very memorable, Jonny has shown his skill with a wide range of characters and themes and I am definitely looking forward to his next project.
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, and Mental illness
Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, and Grief
Minor: Alcoholism, Addiction, Transphobia, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Child death, Death of parent, and Drug abuse
lavendl's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Gore, and Violence
Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, and Police brutality
Minor: Cursing, Xenophobia, Transphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Deadnaming, and Genocide
abookandaspotoftea's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, and Murder
Moderate: Cannibalism, Torture, and Violence
sarahwooldridgee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Gore, and Violence
keen'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
4.0
Graphic: Police brutality, Violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Murder, Body horror, Blood, Cannibalism, Physical abuse, Gore, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Death
Moderate: Kidnapping and Child death
Minor: Deadnaming, Suicide, Addiction, and Transphobia
kamreadsandrecs's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
But if there is one thing that truly makes this novel stand out, it’s the central theme. “Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely” is a statement that many people have encountered at one point or another - and it is, sadly, one that all too often turns out to be true. Except in very rare cases, anyone who gets even a scrap of power is likely to abuse that power: a tendency that escalates the more power someone is given. And since money is the easiest path to, and source of, power, it should come as no surprise that the wealthiest people are also the ones most prone to abusing their power. Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk: just googling these names will lead to many stories showing how so much of their wealth is built on the abuse and exploitation of the less fortunate. And they are not the only ones who have done so: a quick peek through history will show that, all too often, the acquisition and maintenance of great wealth tends to come at the expense of those who are most vulnerable to exploitation.
Full review here:https://wp.me/p21txV-IY
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, and Violence
Moderate: Bullying
btrz7's review against another edition
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I have to say I was not disappointed.
The story is about a strange murder of the billionaire, Tobias Fell, owner of a building named Banyan Court. Its appeal is that it's a luxurious development in a poor area of London, but the other side of coin is that due to city rules a percentage of flats need to be made affordable to lower income tenants. With this, behind the luxury front apartments, there is a number of smaller apartments in the building for those not part of an elite - segregated, of course, from the wealthy tenants. With a diverse set of characters, each one with a different background and living very different lives from each other, we get a haunting story for each of the characters present at the dinner party where Tobias Fell eventually died. Some are tenants of the building, in both the rich and the poor areas, some have other connections to it. It is through their stories that we find out about Mr. Fell's and the building's dark history, and what led to his ultimate demise.
Besides being a collection of terrific individual horror stories, in which Jonathan Sims does what he knows best - create a vivid painting of a character, with their life and unique voice, and then slowly unravel it into pure nightmare fuel - this book also manages to be a blunt critique to the capitalism society we live in, and how we don't always seem to want to acknowledge its consequences, which can be far more terrifying than any horror story.
Graphic: Blood and Body horror
Moderate: Cannibalism, Death, and Gore
Minor: Deadnaming