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raisinreads's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? No
3.0
I understand and appreciate the underlying themes here, but this is her second book I've read and despite being about the supernatural/magic her books still manage to be so dull, the plots and the characters just never grip me
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Blood, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
Moderate: Body horror and Grief
Minor: Incest, Death of parent, and Infidelity
michaelion's review
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
You tease me with a threesome mention and don't make it gay?! How dare!!!This could've been werewolf Jennifer's Body! (And I include that as a spoiler because just after I asked myself "Who bit her? Who turned her?" I flipped to the last page to see what the last line of the book is and... well... spoilers for that.)
There's clearly a lot of love for the werewolf genre but the story was just fine. I didn't make the connection to the larger themes until after the sort-of climax. And I mean way after. Like, I was reading the last paragraph of the book. And no, I don't mean the last page of the story, I mean the last paragraph of the Acknowledgements section.Usually, writers (of books, tv, and movies) put in a plot line including sexual assault as a gimmick, like "Look at me, I can mention a super serious topic so you, the audience, have to take me serious now too." Harrison doesn't do that here, and the conversations between Rory, Mia, and Cyndi are treated with care and respect, but the connection between transforming and raging and healing from previous anger wasn't really there for me, until I read that last bit about how The Body Keeps the Score was an influence.
I have never really been a werewolf girlie, but I did watch Teen Wolf all the way through even when it got bad. Those are some of the most exciting and fun parts of the book, even when it gets a little spooky scary ew that's gross.
It's also kinda written like there was room given for a sequel? If that's the case, the book is good enough that I would read that too.
There's clearly a lot of love for the werewolf genre but the story was just fine. I didn't make the connection to the larger themes until after the sort-of climax. And I mean way after. Like, I was reading the last paragraph of the book. And no, I don't mean the last page of the story, I mean the last paragraph of the Acknowledgements section.
I have never really been a werewolf girlie, but I did watch Teen Wolf all the way through even when it got bad. Those are some of the most exciting and fun parts of the book, even when it gets a little spooky scary ew that's gross.
It's also kinda written like there was room given for a sequel? If that's the case, the book is good enough that I would read that too.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Body horror, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, Violence, Vomit, Physical abuse, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Grief, and Pregnancy
Minor: Infidelity
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