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paperknotbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Murder, Violence, Misogyny, Torture, Death, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Genocide, Sexual content, Antisemitism, War, Hate crime, Racism, and Racial slurs
nwfalens's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Rape, Torture, Violence, Self harm, Suicide, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Lesbophobia, Gore, Homophobia, Racial slurs, and Trafficking
fschmidt2001's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Drug abuse, Gun violence, Grief, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, War, Body horror, Police brutality, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Murder, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Sexism, Pedophilia, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Trafficking, Sexual violence, Gore, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Child death, Cursing, Deportation, Genocide, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Sexual assault
andykmcc'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: Racism, Rape, Antisemitism, Cancer, Cannibalism, Death, Mental illness, Xenophobia, Classism, Child death, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Cultural appropriation, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Genocide, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Homophobia, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Suicide, Trafficking, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual assault, and War
theasdertt's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Graphic: Physical abuse, Death, Cursing, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Rape, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Violence, and War
Moderate: Racial slurs and Mental illness
yaelm's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
Graphic: Racial slurs, Antisemitism, Genocide, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Police brutality, Gun violence, Ableism, Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Misogyny, and Racism
mmcloe's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
I'm going to have to come back later and review this more fully after I have more time to digest everything. I don't know how to rate something like this.
A diary of total breakdown - academic, personal, artistic, legal, moral, discursive collapse of modern society. There's some respite and hope in huddling together and embracing the small pleasures of the senses, but not a ton. I'm reminded a lot of Delany's Dhalgren and Anzaldua's Borderlands. I'm left facing the ghost of Christmas future; is this a picture of what will be, or what may be?
Also all the true crime podcast listeners need to read this, especially the part about the crimes (one of the only sections of a novel I had to put down entirely).
Graphic: Rape, Death, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Racial slurs, War, and Homophobia