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arialien's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Abandonment and Child abuse
Moderate: Alcohol, Cannibalism, Gun violence, Rape, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Trafficking, Violence, Gore, Bullying, Sexism, and Body horror
mrsbuck's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
Graphic: Gaslighting, Blood, Death, Gore, Violence, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Sexism, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse
blacksphinx'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
4.5
Graphic: Child death, Pregnancy, Violence, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Sexism, Gore, Murder, Alcohol, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Acephobia/Arophobia, Blood, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mass/school shootings, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Infertility, Trafficking, and Slavery
Minor: Medical content, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual content
blackeyedraptor's review against another edition
4.5
This book was also very sad, just the horrible things that were done to her, the lies told.
And holy crap, Sunyi Dean knows how to write loathsome, vile characters!
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gore, and Misogyny
Moderate: Biphobia
saracat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Now to the review. I became so invested in the main characters. And the world Dean created felt so fresh and unique to me. While I never quite got my head around understanding the knights and dragons completely, it doesn’t really bother me.
I love characters and books that are riddled with morally grey - which this book is full of. Though, the farther I got into the book, the more I hesitated to keep picking it up because after everything the characters had been through I wanted them to at least have ‘better’ and I just couldn’t get a sense if Dean had written a book that would have an ultimately happy ending, tragic ending, something in between, etc. And I didn’t want to reach the end. But I finally did, and I think the ending fits everything that proceeds it in the book.
Moderate: Bullying, Murder, Alcoholism, Death, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, and Blood
Minor: Gore, Rape, Confinement, Kidnapping, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Child abuse
katyhosbein'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Murder and Gore
Moderate: Rape
hazel_oat'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
2.0
Graphic: Cannibalism, Death, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child abuse, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Murder, and Gun violence
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Rape, Torture, Gore, Body horror, Kidnapping, and Sexual assault
Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, and Pedophilia
gnomeguy1138's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Gore, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
Moderate: Blood, Sexual violence, Death, Slavery, Alcohol, and Car accident
talonsontypewriters's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Grief, Sexism, Violence, Gore, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Cannibalism, Abandonment, and Gun violence
Moderate: Pregnancy, Rape, Alcoholism, Medical content, Alcohol, Car accident, Torture, Drug use, Addiction, and Infertility
Minor: Racism, Pedophilia, Acephobia/Arophobia, Homophobia, Vomit, Child death, and Trafficking
citlalialvrod's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Devon, una book eater ha pasado toda su vida devorando, literalmente, cuentos de hadas. Envuelta en la pequeña burbuja de su especie, limitada a los confines de su casa, de la cual no conocerá nada más hasta que esté en edad de casarse y tener hijos.
A través de dos líneas temporales, iremos conociendo la actual vida de fugitiva de Devon y sus motivaciones para encontrar a una familia; mientras que en el pasado, nos adentramos a la vida y tradiciones familiares de las que Devon forma parte, las ataduras y dificultades que esto representa.
Somos testigos de numerosos puntos de inflexión que van construyendo el carácter y la historia de Devon.
"Poets would tell you that love was electricity in your veins that could light a room. That it was a river in your soul to lift you up and carry you away, or a fire inside the heart to keep you warm. Yet electricity could also fry, rivers could drown, and fires could burn; love could be destructive. Punishingly, fatally destructive."
Si bien no se ahonda en el folklore de los book eaters , no se siente incompleto. Entendemos parte de su historia, sus tradiciones y sus motivaciones; pues, como dice su autora, la novela va de Devon y la complejidad de su narrativa ya es suficiente como para abrumarnos con más detalles del mundo.
Sin duda, lo que encuentro más interesante es la reflexión de la maternidad y las cuestiones morales afines. Devon se ve obligada a ser una madre antes que su propia persona; sus hijos son tanto una alegría como una carga, la impulsan a todo, ya sea bueno o malo.
Hace lo mejor que puede con lo poco o mucho que tiene, pero esto no siempre resulta beneficioso para ella, su familia, o las personas en general.
Definitivamente, es una protagonista ante la cual no puedes quedar indiferente.
"She was her daughter’s whole world, a realization both humbling and empowering. Devon had never been anybody’s world before—had never been anything at all, in fact, except the sum of paper flesh she’d consumed without thought"
A ratos la narrativa se siente algo lenta y pesada, pero eso no lo hace menos interesante. Pareciera más largo de lo que realmente es.
Recomiendo ver los triggers warnings, hay varios temas y descripciones delicadas.
Graphic: Gore