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Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Incest, Rape, Cannibalism
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, Pandemic/Epidemic
See, the unseen horrors can usually be one of two: natural phenomena, often orchestrated by a very human villain, or supernatural entities of some sort. I think my gripe with the book is that it went in one direction when I would have preferred the other, which is obviously a me problem. I also found the solution - once we knew what we were dealing with - very obvious, but it took the characters a whole two chapters to figure it out.
The pacing was a bit odd; it durdles in the middle, when the setup could probably have been swifter, only to rush through to the end. I can say that I did find the resolution very satisfying, especially since the characters finally did what I had been telling them to do for some 70 pages or so.
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Incest, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Blood, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Classism
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder
Moderate: Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage
Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Incest, Sexual violence, Violence, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment
Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Rape, Medical content
Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Very interesting concept, surprisingly thoughtfully feminist and intersectional. Underneath the
Also, learned a new word: lugubrious = adj. looking or sounding sad and dismal. It played in my head on a loop for three days after I read it. Very fun word to say, one might even say too fun to mean "sad".
Weakest part of the book for me was the romance between Francis and Noemi
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Cannibalism, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Miscarriage, Vomit, Medical content, Colonisation, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Infertility, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, War