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challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book has left me speechless honestly, in the best of ways. I feel validated, insane, empowered, grief-stricken, all at once. Ballard has managed to create a story so visceral in its emotions that leaves me bewildered in my thoughts. The way the story is set up as if it could be a romance in the first third and dives straight into bloody depravity right after is the closest I’ve felt to whiplash from a book. I know Gia’s story will stick with me for a long time, and I am grateful to have experienced it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping
Moderate: Death, Miscarriage, Pregnancy
Minor: Gun violence, Vomit, Cannibalism, Car accident