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bookcheshirecat's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Grief, Self harm, Murder, Violence, Blood, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Domestic abuse and Child abuse
audrian_crow's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
The Good
After Dead Silence, I think SF Horror with
The Bad
The book starts off slow. It took me longer to get through the first third of the book than the remainder. It just drags. I think two things cause this, both of which are classified as...
The Ugly
First, the MC Ophelia is too introspective and whines constantly. Towards the end, it even started to cut through the tension of the events because it was all so repetitive or predictable (not the events themselves, just Ophelia in the events). I understand that she is a psychologist, but she is always so much more focused on herself and her history that it almost makes any time she cares about someone else seem like an act at first
Second, and this is very subjective, but I hated the narration. It was soporific, which is not what I want in an audiobook of any kind but certainly not a horror audiobook. It also layered over the introspection in a way that just doubled the whining effect. The performance itself was fine, and the narrator has a lovely voice, but it's neither the kind of voice I want reading to me nor the kind of voice I want reading a book like this.
Also, Ophelia commits a classic SF/Horror blunder, specifically the
That said, I liked the book as a whole, don't feel like I wasted my time, and would totally recommend it to others
Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Blood, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Violence, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Mental illness, Death, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Car accident
Minor: Dementia
lahars_little_library's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Drug use, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Mental illness, Violence, Confinement, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death of parent, Death, Gun violence, Gore, and Grief
Moderate: Vomit
ericarobyn's review against another edition
4.5
Mental health, Suicide, Injury description, Death, Domestic Abuse, Violence, and Murder.
But the back of her neck prickles with a chill of awareness, as if someone is just behind her, looming in the threshold, breathing just hard enough to ruffle the tiny hairs there.
Goose bumps spring up on her arms, and she whips around, hands up to defend herself from … something.
But no one is there.
Moderate: Death, Medical content, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail