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joanwolf's review against another edition
3.0
This is a book I wish I could analyze in an English class for a paper. I feel like there’s so much beneath the surface that I didn’t pick up on or tie together. I really enjoyed reading this book, even though I’m positive I barely understood it.
the_sunken_library's review against another edition
5.0
A novella about a cruel father who's desire to return to a time where "Britishness" is "pure" sees him force his brutalised wife and teenage daughter to participate in an experimental encampment run by an archaeology professor interested in Northumberland's history of human sacrifice. It quickly becomes apparent that the men are beginning to lose sense of what is fake and what is real, and those lines blur dangerously.
This is a story about female subjugation, ideas of purity and ethnicity, racism and one man's desire to build ghost walls around himself and his family.
Chilling doesn't even begin to describe this.
This is a story about female subjugation, ideas of purity and ethnicity, racism and one man's desire to build ghost walls around himself and his family.
Chilling doesn't even begin to describe this.
gwennyrule's review against another edition
dark
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
bearfamous's review against another edition
5.0
Beautiful and dark, the kind of story I want to all my friends to read so I can talk to them about it!
samjoc's review against another edition
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.25
eclairedelune's review against another edition
dark
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
abi_laura's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, Xenophobia, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Physical abuse
tey_lynn's review against another edition
dark
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Violence, Misogyny, and Child abuse