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Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Body horror, Blood
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Drug use
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Self harm, Torture, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Medical content
Minor: Alcohol
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt
Moderate: Gun violence, Self harm, Torture
Minor: Animal death
It’s probably the darkest story I’ve read in a while. it’s unsettling and gruesome and yet intriguing as all hell. I couldn’t stop reading it. I had to know what was going to happen.
I absolutely love the way VE Schwab gets inside a characters mind and breaks down who they are. Most of these characters are absolute monsters, and yet there is something underneath each of them that’s understandable, that almost makes you want to sympathize with their perspective. Which is bat shit insane? They’re monsters?! but I think it adds to the magic of this storytelling.
I spent the majority of my reading this book warring between being horrified at how gruesome the story could be and absolutely loving the chaos and unravelling of the story. I think that speaks to very good writing, to be able to have the WORST characters and still keep the reader enthralled.
I’m only taking off half a star because I don’t know if this is the kind of book I could read again. But I don’t think it’s intended to be a frequent visit kind of story, so that’s not the book’s fault.
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship
Moderate: Animal death, Gore, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, Abandonment
Minor: Addiction, Mental illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Alcohol