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poppyseedromance's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Sexual violence, Self harm, Fatphobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Grief, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Animal death, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Rape, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Bullying, and Body shaming
eed8's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Body horror, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Gore, Animal death, and Animal cruelty
Moderate: Medical content, Drug use, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Child abuse, Mental illness, and Sexual assault
mallory10100's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Death, Excrement, Gore, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, and Vomit
Moderate: Addiction, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Ableism, and Gun violence
Minor: Death of parent, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Infertility, War, Confinement, Racism, Medical trauma, Classism, Child abuse, and Bullying
i recommend this for spooky season!!puzzling_penwing's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, and Rape
amorg2013's review
3.75
Graphic: Medical trauma and Body horror
blklagoon's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Drug use and Self harm
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Eating disorder, Child death, Blood, and Body shaming
Minor: Medical content and Medical trauma
deadchupacabra's review
Graphic: Rape, Medical trauma, and Pedophilia
The author is a creep. I was fully intending on finishing but the further in I got, the less I could stomach it. The author begins the story following the two main characters when they are little girls (grade school age), and he proceeds to write some very concerning scenes. One involves the two girls finding a porn tape belonging to one of their dads, another involves a detailed description of the girls pinching each other’s crotches under the table after seeing Flashdance. (They are still elementary-middle schoolers at this point, I should mention). When the book reaches their high school years, a very disturbing scene involving the characters deciding to go skinny dipping, one of them goes missing for the entire night, and when she is found, the author seems to go out of his way to make sure we know she is naked. Later in the book, when she begins to show signs of possession, it is heavily alluded to that when she went missing she was raped. She tells her friends that her parents forced her to go to the doctor so he could “test if she was a virgin” and describes the very invasive test. There are many ways to write a possession story, and a good one, without excessively exploiting and objectifying underage girls. Don’t waste your time, read another book. And for all you sexist dicks out there who love calling women out for being “overly sensitive”, I got news for you, I am a 20 year old man, I have never experienced sexual assault, sexism, objectification, or anything else women experience on the daily, and this book was still too much in my eyes.alycatlovesbooks's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Vomit
coffinfinite's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
The friendship between Gretchen and perspective protagonist Abby is what lends the book much of its emotional weight. Together they face injustice and violence at the hands of the incompetent and sometimes malicious adults who control their lives, and the sense of hopelessness that grows as the book progresses is palpable, and where much of the true horror comes from. By the book's conclusion I was far more frightened by the small minded mentality of the story's town than I was of the literal demon sowing chaos there.
I would highly recommend this book to those who love Final Girl horror, to those who enjoyed both The Exorcist and Mean Girls, and to anyone who wants to see why purity culture is a far bigger threat to young women than Satan.
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexism, Vomit, and Violence
Moderate: Sexual violence
Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, and Rape
readingdanger's review
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Vomit and Body horror
Moderate: Animal death, Eating disorder, and Sexual assault
Minor: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, and Confinement