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aardwyrm's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Slow, spooky, and atmospheric, more build up than payoff, perhaps, but the story might not work without it. For a book with demons, it avoided a lot of the traps of "hey, demons!" as a shortcut to make things automatically serious and scary.
Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Biphobia, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Ableism, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Racism, Religious bigotry, Torture, and Violence
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