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booitsnathalie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Suicide, and Death of parent
mayadelaine'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
3.75
Graphic: Drug abuse, Abortion, Car accident, Death of parent, Rape, and Toxic relationship
rachelnoel's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
2.0
Moderate: Car accident, Abortion, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Grief, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Rape, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts
leneliest'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: Car accident, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, and Suicide
ceilidhwilliams's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Suicide, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Confinement, Death, Grief, Rape, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Self harm
Moderate: Abortion and Murder
Minor: Blood, Child abuse, Classism, Drug use, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Mental illness, and Stalking
hilaryreadsbooks's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Violence, Death, Car accident, Rape, Murder, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Grief, and Death of parent
lain_darko's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Alcohol, Car accident, Death of parent, Grief, Misogyny, Rape, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Stalking
Minor: Suicide
schmitzy_'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
3.5
Graphic: Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Abortion, and Car accident
Moderate: Rape
georgiakirkegard's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Rape and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Abortion, Car accident, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Self harm, and Suicide
kry_yang's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I think The Incendiaries attempts to tackle concepts like religious fanaticism, faith, love, and grief. I couldn't really connect with any the characters though. RO Kwon really takes her time developing a dream-like, surreal vibe to the entire story, but her style just left me feeling confused and frustrated. While reading, I kept getting the characters' perspectives mixed up. The ending was my favorite part of the book, but I think that's only because something concrete and action-worthy actually happens in the last 50 pages. I feel like this is the type of book where, despite reading the entire story, I still need to refer to the back of the cover when describing it to someone else.
I think R.O. Kwon is a really talented writer (and an overall super-cool person). But nothing is this book *really* worked for me. There was beautiful language, some poignant descriptions of characters' meditations on faith, and I did get some dark-academia vibes with the Noxhurst college setting. Unfortunately, that's pretty much everything I enjoyed about this book.
Graphic: Grief and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Abortion, Alcoholism, Car accident, Death of parent, and Drug use
Minor: Rape and Suicide