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willow_the_wisp's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- 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? It's complicated
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail
valjeanval's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- 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? It's complicated
5.0
A beautiful extension of the Borne universe. It’s Vandermeer at his best with weird and wonderful prose and complex perspective taking. While it’s mostly peripheral to the original novel, I wouldn’t read it without having read Borne.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror
Moderate: Torture, Violence, Animal death, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, and Medical trauma
cursivewolf's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
sad
slow-paced
- 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? It's complicated
5.0
Absolutely beautiful. I adore the Strange Bird. A gorgeous tragic creature. Weeping towards the end.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Animal death, Body horror, Torture, Violence, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Child death, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Stalking, Medical trauma, Medical content, and War
bakerreads's review against another edition
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, War, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Medical content, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Slavery, Confinement, Medical trauma, Grief, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Death, and Blood
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