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Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, Gaslighting
Moderate: Death of parent
Check all the trigger warning friends this is a dark one, but absolutely worth the read if post apocalyptic spec fic with some religious trauma is your jam.
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Body horror, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death
At the beginning, I had difficultly to get into the story. The narrative was unreliable and jumped back and forth between past and present. With the gruesome depiction of body horror and cult practice, the whole read felt like a fever dream.
But I ended up liking it. The last part of the story went fast and strong. The resilience and compassion of the main female characters were carried out nicely. The tragic ending nonetheless shone a dim light of hope.
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Murder
Moderate: Drug use
This book is all at once dystopian and relevant; horror and romance. The only reason I didn’t give it five stars was that I wished it was longer.
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Violence
Moderate: Confinement, Rape, Sexual assault
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Gore, Rape, Torture, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Religious bigotry
Minor: Death of parent
As someone from the middle group, the main character is able to show her dislike towards the servants and her dream of becoming one of the Enlightened ones (never like the other Chosen Ones, as she never had the desire to be mutilated). However, her views start to change when a newcomer from the outside world joins the convent.
The book is written as journal entries, as the main character doesn't want to forget, probably pertaining to how she has completely forgotten all about her life outside the convent before she started writing her journal entries. But as the days go by, she starts recalling and relates her tale as well. It was probably due to shock and repressed trauma, and as she shares her story with the newcomer Lucia, she regains her memories.
There were so many threads that the story could have followed, and all of them had so much potential that I was kind of disappointed that I was able to predict the outcome of the book despite its secretive and mysterious nature.
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Death of parent
Minor: Rape
Graphic: Physical abuse, Torture, Violence
Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Rape, Religious bigotry