greta_reads 's review for:

We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson

2.5

dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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(sorry, english isn’t my first language) Wow. I really did not know what to rate this book. Because throughout most of it I really, really hated it. But I did not dislike it because of the way it was written or the story itself, but purely because of the fact that it had me in such a depressed and tense mood. The style that the story was written in wasn’t my favorite, but it felt authentic, even though I found it very hard to love the characters even if they were very relatable in part. So overall I‘m very torn, weather to recommend this book or not. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use

Minor: Fire/Fire injury