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yurt's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Vomit, Body horror, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, Animal death, Car accident, Drug abuse, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Drug use, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, Confinement, Torture, and Sexual assault
Minor: Biphobia, Colonisation, Lesbophobia, Racism, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Fatphobia
red_starlights's review
Graphic: Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Suicide, and Child abuse
fbm_charlie's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Stalking, Self harm, Murder, Medical content, Body horror, Car accident, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Infidelity, Gore, Blood, and Death
Minor: Rape and Pedophilia
dalek349's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.25
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Car accident
miniando's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Sexual content, Death, and Car accident
earsore's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.25
An absolute waste of time on all fronts. Ballard was so hellbent on trying to be shocking that the entire purpose of the story falls utterly flat. The characters are so two-dimensional that you don't give too much of a shit when they go crazy, because they had no personalities and no reason to be invested in. There were a few parts I felt engaged, despite the utterly detatched tone of our narrator: I chuckled 2 times, and I felt disgust at about 3-4 sections of visceral accident descriptions (mostly near the end). Other than that, the prose was so abhorrently repetitive that it was putting me to sleep more than it was shocking me.
And I don't see his whole allegory for technology taking over human excitement/lust. My man, it was the 70s, your only frame of reference was cars!!! It does not feel clear at all, no matter how true it is today. It's poorly executed on all fronts and a shocking letdown compared to High-Rise.
Graphic: Car accident, Death, Gore, Sexual content, and Violence
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, and Drug use
Minor: Vomit, Stalking, Pedophilia, and Excrement
lunarcatfish's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content