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nopebook's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Genocide, Pedophilia, Rape, Murder, Sexual violence, and Child death
Moderate: Animal death, Colonisation, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, and Animal cruelty
Minor: Blood, Violence, Cursing, War, Alcohol, Racism, and Death
qstew'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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Xenophobia, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gun violence, Racism, Murder, Violence, War, Alcohol, Child death, Racial slurs, Child abuse, and Genocide
Moderate: Mental illness, Kidnapping, and Ableism
klvelasquez22's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? No
3.25
Graphic: Gore, Racism, Violence, Child death, Animal cruelty, Racial slurs, Animal death, War, Rape, Death, Sexual violence, Colonisation, Alcoholism, Murder, Excrement, Blood, Xenophobia, and Injury/Injury detail
thesholmes's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Cannibalism, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, War, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Torture, Pedophilia, Animal death, Gun violence, Body horror, Racism, Self harm, Blood, Death, Excrement, Genocide, Sexual assault, Child death, Colonisation, Gore, and Sexual violence
As someone who is fairly desensitised to most anything, this made me physically sickjaybeesgotpaperback's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Torture, Racial slurs, Racism, Gore, Blood, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Gun violence, and Death
Moderate: Genocide, Child death, Animal cruelty, and Animal death
Minor: Cursing, Genocide, Infidelity, Excrement, Cannibalism, and Mental illness
keynone's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, and Gun violence
skippy_skippington's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Xenophobia, War, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Classism, Cursing, Genocide, Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Child death, Colonisation, Excrement, Pedophilia, Violence, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, Animal death, and Blood
salmonite'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
4.0
Graphic: Colonisation, Excrement, Rape, Animal death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Racism, Confinement, Hate crime, Violence, Cursing, Child death, Cultural appropriation, Death, Kidnapping, Xenophobia, Child abuse, Mental illness, Murder, War, Grief, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Bullying, Gore, Pedophilia, Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Alcohol, and Torture
deanrossss's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Death, Body horror, Child death, Child abuse, Blood, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Adult/minor relationship, and Addiction
blipsk'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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
It's hard to talk about what happens in the book. It's brutal and relentless. A lot of the characters feel like sketches, we don't get very deep into any of them, even the main POV. And they are without exception awful people. And yet I found myself caring about The Kid a lot by the end.
Reading this book feels a bit like a bad dream, and finishing it felt like the emotional equivalent of muscle ache after hard exercise. It's a book I know I will come back to and reread many times.
Graphic: Animal death, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, War, Racism, Colonisation, Animal cruelty, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, and Child death