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A review by kiddocut
Rotters by Daniel Kraus
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- 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
4.5
It is crazy to me that this is from the same author as Bent Heavens, which was just...a massive disappointment, but overall this book is a wild ride.
It's an emotionally heavy book about a kid named Joey who is just getting the short end of the stick since his mother dies via a bus accident. He then is forced to move out of his creature comforted Chicago to bum fuck nowhere Iowa-where he learns to be a digger....a digger of graves. It goes dark, and it just gets worse....it's not for the faint of heart, and I'm grateful that showed me a new side to this author that I would of missed by not giving it a chance.
So I learned a lesson by just picking it up randomly.
It's an emotionally heavy book about a kid named Joey who is just getting the short end of the stick since his mother dies via a bus accident. He then is forced to move out of his creature comforted Chicago to bum fuck nowhere Iowa-where he learns to be a digger....a digger of graves. It goes dark, and it just gets worse....it's not for the faint of heart, and I'm grateful that showed me a new side to this author that I would of missed by not giving it a chance.
So I learned a lesson by just picking it up randomly.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Classism
There was no warning for this but with the subject matter in hand there is absolutely some IMPLIED necrophily content within this book-it's not explicit but is absolutely implied.