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charley34's review
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Medical content, Cannibalism, Confinement, Death, Grief, Police brutality, Violence, Blood, Body horror, and Gun violence
Moderate: Mass/school shootings, Stalking, and Lesbophobia
banrions's review
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
AHHHHHH. THAT ENDING!!!! ugh, i loved every second of this. 4.5 stars. i am a fan of zombie stuff but not always in the way that it tends to go. this was a great zombie story that told a lovely, contained story. it's set in a hospital as the realization dawns and then we follow a small group of staff and paitents as they fight for survival to leave the hospital. i love this author from everything that i've read of theirs so far, and this is a wonderful flex of her narrative muscles and a lot different from what i've seen from her before. as usual though, there is a lot of casual queerness peppered throughout the cast of characters, with the focus being on a sapphic relationship. here, that's between a nurse and a doctor who had a burgeoning relationship that went a bit sour before the story begins, which really helps the romance stuff that we get, since it's more of a coming back together story, than a get together in the middle of an apocalypse, one. that said, this is def a horror ensemble story first, and a sapphic romance second, and it's good to know that going in if you're picking it up for G. Benson's usual romance focus. i loved it. i'm still reeling from the ending, and i can't wait for this to become a regualr October/horror re-read for me.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Confinement, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Violence
Minor: Child death, Gun violence, Vomit, Police brutality, and Murder
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