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typedtruths's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
1.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Blood
Moderate: Car accident, Vomit, and Murder
➸ Trigger warnings for emotional parental abuse, blood depiction, body horror, emesis, death of a father, murder of a husband by strangulation, car accident, the disappearance of a sibling, and animal death.megj23's review
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse
Moderate: Blood, Body horror, and Vomit
theliteraryhooker's review
challenging
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse
Minor: Vomit
mairead_parade's review
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Jennings asks a lot of the reader to orient themselves in this story, but the feeling of uncertainty as to what’s going on is actually a key (and clearly intentional) part of the experience of this book. Because of that I think it would definitely benefit from multiple readings - as soon as I finished, I flipped back to the beginning to try to glean more meaning from it. This book is beautifully poetic and deeply unsettling, which ends up being a very worthwhile combination.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Vomit, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent
Moderate: Car accident
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