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528 reviews
3.5
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Grief, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
2.75
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail
2.5
It started out sort of creepy, gothic, mysterious, which drew me in, but then for a huge chunk of it it was just family drama between siblings that lost me. Then it went back to "oh yeah there was some magical aspect that was mentioned so we're gonna circle back to it now" in the last chunk of the book. I finished it hoping it would get better but the ending was also not great and a bit anticlimactic.
I did like the idea of making compacts with the earth and being born of someone from the earth, but it felt like that aspect was on the backburner/a minor part when that was actually a pretty interesting thing.
It is multiple pov so if that's not your thing, probs skip this one especially since the characters are unlikeable in a bad way not in an enjoyable way(like I fully understand their dad was shit/abusive and their mom left them and they didn't have contact with the outside world but they were still just not great characters to read about).
Unsure if I'd be willing to read more from this author because aspects of this book were good and were interesting, but not good enough for me to really like this as much as I had wished.
Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
3.75
Didn't love the end tho. I would be willing to read more from this author tho because I did enjoy the writing overall and thought the characters were well done (although frustrating sometimes).
Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual content, Vomit
5.0
I really enjoy what this author writes and will continue reading their works.
Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Sexism, Kidnapping, Murder, Outing, Toxic friendship
3.0
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Suicide, Medical content, Grief
Minor: Rape, Sexual assault
3.0
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Homophobia, Racism, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury
2.0
I forced myself to finish this, but I don't think I should've. I also had to read this with the audiobook because I would've DNF'd if I read it without. It's not for me and I don't get the praise for it. It could've been shorter, and it still would've kept the essence of the story. I disliked most of the characters and they weren't interesting enough for me to be really invested. Like there were parts that were interesting, but not interesting enough for me to enjoy the book as a whole or to have been worth reading the whole thing. I liked the idea of the book and I liked the setting though.
I will not be checking out more from this author if she writes future books like this.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
5.0
Check out content/trigger warnings just in case tho.
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Alcohol
Moderate: Abandonment