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finnsnowbevi's review
5.0
Graphic: Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Abandonment, Grief, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Alcoholism, Child death, Gore, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Lesbophobia, and Mental illness
Moderate: Pedophilia, Outing, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Racism, and Vomit
Minor: Medical content and Sexual content
carbinara's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Infidelity, Grief, Body horror, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Murder, and Outing
Minor: Pedophilia and Racism
mishmashreads's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Blood, Infidelity, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Vomit, Pedophilia, Violence, Murder, Homophobia, Death of parent, Child death, and Death
Moderate: Racial slurs, Misogyny, Outing, Racism, and Lesbophobia
Minor: Self harm and Suicidal thoughts
molsreads's review
4.25
Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, Blood, Violence, Death, and Child death
Moderate: Alcoholism, Lesbophobia, Infidelity, and Homophobia
tzureader's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
3.75
Moderate: Child death, Lesbophobia, Murder, and Outing
Minor: Pedophilia
louiepotterbook's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Genocide, Bullying, Child abuse, Misogyny, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Rape, Gore, Homophobia, Suicide attempt, Death, Death of parent, Outing, Pedophilia, Alcoholism, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Lesbophobia, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Abandonment
yomireads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Done well is the alienation children feel as their parents' troubles bleed into the rest of the family, and the fear of leaving behind the familiar. The lesbian character does feel a touch on the nose, but the fear of being outed and the tenuous hold on who to trust is good.
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Alcohol, Infidelity, Outing, Toxic relationship, Biphobia, and Death of parent
Moderate: Kidnapping, Confinement, Pedophilia, Self harm, and Physical abuse
bloomandgloom's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
I didn't care about any of the characters in this story, no one had enough development to make me root for them. The Cunning Man was not scary or interesting since we know nothing about him. The book would have seemed much better if there had been a local legend or a story people told young children to scare them but no one believes it. It could have done with some references of missing children on Halloween in different locations across the country or world. Overall, it just needed a little more mystery and lore to make it more believable. A family member also could have known someone that went missing to tie it together.
I am not an author so I'm not going to pretend like it would have been easy or quick to add all of that in.
Sadly, this was disappointing and not something I'd recommend as a Halloween read. I wouldn't even recommend it to someone younger because they might find it scary since there are a lot of adult topics discussed.
Graphic: Child death, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Homophobia, and Misogyny
Moderate: Alcohol, Outing, Alcoholism, Xenophobia, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Infidelity, Violence, Sexism, Pedophilia, and Kidnapping
voilajean's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Graphic: Gore, Homophobia, Violence, Body horror, Lesbophobia, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Child death, Death of parent, and Outing
Moderate: Racism, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, and Grief
Minor: Pedophilia
lostinworlds's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death, Child death, Death of parent, Blood, Body horror, Violence, and Alcoholism
Moderate: Alcohol, Lesbophobia, Racial slurs, Homophobia, and Racism
Minor: Kidnapping and Suicidal thoughts