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challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
A brilliant exploration of violence/ war and its effects. Currently, the only reason it's not 5 stars is bc I personally enjoy books more when I get attached to characters but this book is more idea/theme-focused than trying to get readers to root for the characters. Was in no way a comfortable book to read but that was intended so I'll let it slide. Davidson was quite hateable though, and ended up swearing in annotations quite a bit during his chapters. Will reread for ecolit so I'm looking forward to seeing how my views change.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Slavery, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Grief, Murder, Racism, War, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Death, Gun violence, and Mass/school shootings
Moderate: Misogyny, Genocide, Sexual violence, Drug use, and Rape
Minor: Confinement and Suicide
Davidson POV chapters have very intense misogyny, racism, genocidal inclinations, toxic masculinity & sadism in general.
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