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Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Torture, Grief, Suicide attempt
Moderate: Animal death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
root for a villain or morally gray character, but ended up feeling deceived.
the real trick here is thinking the mc is the villain, when he's actually the hero, and having questionable morals sums up to lack of empathy.
I don't even know what makes him a villain, is it his upbringing and the way the world seem to defy him? isn't being misunderstood by 'society' at the beginning is a part of the hero trope?
I liked victor more when he was human, the only part of himself lost to becoming EO was the ability to keep my attention. He stopped observing, and we weren't immersed into his inner thinking anymore (besides from a casual "I want to make ever bleed" every now and then)
another thing that was lacking for me was Ever and Victor's relationship.
Victor was pinning over him only a little bit at the beginning, and even though we're told he later on became obsessed with wanting to kill him, I don't think it really came through.
their friendship building lacked some feelings that were essential for rooting for them later on.
Not enough heartache, and we didn't see Evers side all these years other than the over religious thing he had going on. Did he just forget about Victor?
Speaking of that, the author just mentions once throughout the whole book that Ever has grown in an abusive household causing religious trauma, which only victor knows about , but it's never used later on.
I can't even say it made their connection deeper, because they don't mention anything.
The only explanation i could think of is that it's meant to be explored in the sequel, but i still find it lacking.
At last, the end of the book, the grand finale. I expected to at least have some sort of a conversation between the two mc.
Instead it's a shooting range and then we're done.
However, I don't want to bash the book completely.
I did enjoy the begining, read it fast, and felt that the characters had a lot of potential. It's a nice misfits come together and found family story, for those in search of similar tropes.
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Self harm, Torture, Blood, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol
Minor: Confinement, Drug use, Religious bigotry
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Blood, Murder
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Alcohol
Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Body horror, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicide, Blood
Moderate: Animal death, Death
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Drug use, Alcohol