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makedde's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Suicide attempt and Suicide
Minor: Slavery
booking_along's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
as soon as she heard word that Albert, the Missus’s husband, had been slain in battle, she took up arms against the family who’d raised her, slipping a tincture of valerian root and skullcap into their cups of warmed milk before slitting their throats in the night.
with a similar tone to this section of the introduction paragraph to the story, is the entire thing told.
it’s dark and sometimes gruesome, mysterious in the way that it never explained what’s going on and how it happens it why in actual ways that make sense.
but at the same time does a story like this had to offer all the answers to its questions? or is it part of the story to be short enough to not need everything explain and just go along with it?
i am not exactly sure why i enjoyed this but i did.
it’s different and strange, brutal and bloody but also strangely hopeful in moments.
if you want a short horror story that’s different but interesting?
go for it.
Graphic: Murder, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Death, Blood, Suicide, Self harm, and Pregnancy
piranhapudel's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Suicide, and Slavery
Moderate: Body horror
f18's review
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Self harm, Suicide, and Murder
Moderate: Body horror, Pregnancy, and Gore
Minor: Slavery and War
madarauchiha's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
Graphic: Slavery, Murder, Body horror, Pregnancy, Suicide, and Gore
Moderate: Medical content
Minor: Murder
liteartha's review
3.0
Graphic: Blood and Body horror
Moderate: Slavery and Suicide
coldbrewedpages's review
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
If Rivers Solomon ever chose to expand on this story, its world, its characters, you would not find me disappointed.
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Violence, Suicide, and Gore
Minor: Slavery
Blood, Body Horror, Gore, Violence: Scenes that include the murder of slave owners, descriptions of blood, viscera, etc. Detailed depiction of traumatic childbirth. Suicide, Gore: