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discocaptain's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Body horror, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Blood, Death, Drug use, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Excrement, and Gore
its just a bit fucked up really but its a horror what do u expectfrankieclc's review
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, and Suicide
Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, and Vomit
readwithchar's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Blood, Vomit, Violence, Alcohol, Abortion, Suicide, Death, Drug use, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
infinitelibrary's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Suicide, Addiction, Drug use, Vomit, Abortion, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcoholism, Death, and Excrement
Moderate: Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, and Grief
Minor: Xenophobia
moa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Mental illness, Gore, Abortion, Suicide, Vomit, Death, Blood, Violence, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Excrement, Drug use, Dementia, and Alcoholism
linguaphile412's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Death, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror
Moderate: Alcohol, Abortion, Addiction, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Violence, Sexual violence, and Drug abuse
Minor: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, and Pregnancy
whatellisreadnext's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This had so many of my favourite elements thrown into one, a lonely and unreliable main protagonist doing a very normal job, a weirdly reliant and toxic friend group dynamic, and a building that comes across as somewhat sentient.
Children of Paradise documents "Holly" as she starts a new job at the Paradise cinema, there's a distinct weirdness to the place and the people that work there, but this only escalates once the cinema gets bought out by a big chain. This was one of the elements that I really enjoyed, I don't work in a cinema, but I highly related to the sense of ruin that comes with working for a big company at a lower level.
One of my favourite things about the narrative was Molly's matter of fact way of seeing everything, it was funny and dry and in some parts very disturbing. This story went to some dark and gross places, and the fact she was so pragmatic about these things gave them even more impact.
I can't fault this book, and I think if you love weird literary fiction with lonely protagonists then you should definitely give it a go 🥰
Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Suicide, Violence, and Vomit