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belladsb's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This might be my second fave of the series yet (the n°1 being In an Absent Dream).
I loved reading from Cora, we get Regan again, and Sumi, and it all makes sense and no sense at all, and it's beautiful & painful, wonderful & tragic.
The haunting of trauma, the lenghts one may be willing to go just to make it go away...
How knowing something doesn't mean that it's fixed, that the conceptual knowledge of something does not mean you know it by heart, it does not make it true for you.
The struggle between feeling good with your body while peers around you try to shame you for it. Turning your body into your own enemy.
Trudging the line between what makes a Hero and what makes a Monster, in Where the Drowned Girls Go we embark on an adventure with virtuose villans and wicked heroines.
Graphic: Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Death of parent
mapscitiesandsongs's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Body shaming and Fatphobia
Moderate: Bullying, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Death, Death of parent, and Murder
missbreathing's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
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This series truly is evergreen to me. McGuire could write a dozen more of these, and I’d happily read them all. As usual, the prose is beautiful. The story is inventive, yet it remains stylistically and thematically consistent with the rest of the series. The length works perfectly, and McGuire delivers a fully-formed story in under 200 pages.
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Fans of the series will recognize several beloved characters in this book. And the new school was an interesting, if depressing, setting. I do have to say that the first half of this was a bit hard to get through because of how gloomy the mood was. (Definitely check the TWs for this one!) The melancholy mood made it a bit difficult to keep coming back to the story. But the ending is hopeful and well earned!
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This one reminded me of “Every Heart A Doorway”, my personal favorite in the series. It was similar in its themes, and just as good at delivering them.
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Fans of Seanan McGuire and of the “Wayward Children” series can’t miss this one!
Graphic: Fatphobia
Moderate: Eating disorder and Suicide
anni_swanilda'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
4.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting
Minor: Animal death, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent
elizabethgreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
The biggest issue I have is with the narrator justing that you can die and come back to life other than having an after life. Also I felt that suicide was suggested as a possible solution for getting to move on to a life which is better suited for you which I find appalling and dangerous especially for the targeted audience of this book.
Graphic: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Gaslighting
Minor: Child abuse and Suicide attempt
with_drea's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Bullying and Fatphobia
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt