A review by orizenda
Suffer the Children by Craig DiLouie

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I was not expecting to love this so much and get so emotionally invested. The way the death of the kids is handled is done so well. I really didn’t think I would care, but I really did. I got a little disinterested in the middle, but that may have just been my depression. It’s a very bleak story. Good social commentary tho. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, Grief, Gun violence, Blood, Animal death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Child death, Gore, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Sexual content, Rape, Miscarriage, Police brutality, Vomit, and Suicidal thoughts

There is a scene where a character is essentially forced into performing oral sex, although it’s more complicated than that.