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Did this book emotionally scar me for life? Maybe
Will I read it again to see if there was anything I missed? Eventually
Oof. This is a HEAVY book with intensely graphic death scenes that is perfect for people who prefer their horror along the lines of gore vs suspense. The suspense is there, but the gore in the last few chapters greatly over shadows it.
PROS:
🩸 Nature VS Nurture
🦷 Is she really a psychopath or is she just what everyone made her?
🩸 Familial psychosis
🦷 The Gore
🩸 The Twelve Days of Christmas
🦷 Every murder has stuck in my mind like a stubborn stain I can’t remove
🩸 World and Character Building and Backstory are ALL solid
CONS:
🦷 The Nanny deserved better
🩸 Lots and lots of child death and reference to previous off the page child deaths
🦷 There is just a lot of death
🩸 Misogyny
🦷 Phrenology
👶🏻👶🏻👶🏻👶🏻👶🏻 out of five babies mistaken for baby dolls
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Incest
Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Fatphobia, Death of parent
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Vomit
Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Lesbophobia
Bonus sentence: I don’t know wtf I just read but whoa.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy
Minor: Fatphobia, Incest, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Toxic relationship, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Colonisation, Classism
This one is crazed and bizarre! So much beautifully harrowing prose. So cinematic. Taking off points because the pacing felt off at times and some of it was a bit too abstract
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Blood, Murder
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Abandonment
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Fatphobia, Incest, Cannibalism
Graphic: Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Stalking
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Violence, Murder
Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Vomit, Death of parent