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dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book relied way too much on shock value. There was gross and disturbing content even for someone who regularly reads horror. At the start I was interested in Martin and Charlie's characters and their relationship but then it just became a gross-out book.
This is an example of actual dialogue: "Would you give your cock and your balls to the Lord Jesus Christ? That's what did! I cut them off myself, with a big sharp knife, and I ate them!" Yeah, the book was a lot of people eating their own bodies and bodies of others to try to get to heaven. The man who cut off his cock and balls also cut off both his arms and legs and somehow still went around attacking people pretty darn efficiently. The treatment of black characters was uncomfortable at best.
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Death