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bessmonet's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Grief, Violence, Mental illness, Death, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, Blood, Cannibalism, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Sexual violence, and Death of parent
Minor: Cannibalism and Drug abuse
ambersbooks's review
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
5.0
Disturbingly beautiful.
Graphic: Blood and Physical abuse
Moderate: Death and Death of parent
marywahlmeierbracciano's review
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
5.0
Kelly Barnhill has molded an ancient Japanese folktale into a semi-futuristic Midwestern warning. A small family lives on a plot of land with a barn—the adjacent farmland is owned by a conglomerate which uses automated machines to grow monocultures, fields patrolled by drones to keep even the birds away. The widow is a prolific textile artist whose woven tapestries elicit extreme responses, her current work-in-progress inspired by her live-in lover, a foreboding crane. Narrated by the woman’s fifteen-year-old daughter, this visceral retelling explores the limitations of domestic life, the contradictions of love, and the price of inheritance.
Moderate: Abandonment, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Blood
Minor: Terminal illness, Gun violence, and Murder
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