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carissa230'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
5.0
Jill who was always the “boy” her father demanded, was able to be a beautiful vampire princess.
Jack who was always the perfect clean well-dressed girl, was able to work with her hands. Although she abhorred getting dirty.
Things were perfect for them both until Jill got impatient.
Graphic: Death and Blood
Moderate: Grief and Abandonment
belladsb's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
4.5 Satrs
C.A.W.P.I.L.E. : 8.57
-May 2019-
My heart aches in so many ways...
Graphic: Blood, Abandonment, Mental illness, Body horror, Gore, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Grief, Lesbophobia, Medical content, and Violence
laurajones's review
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Cannibalism, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Medical content, and Pedophilia
Minor: Body shaming
mariebrunelm'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? Yes
4.25
Rep: lesbian couple with a fat character.
Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Death, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Child death, Grief, Medical content, Murder, and Violence
an_awkward_adhd_adventurer's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Bullying
Moderate: Murder and Grief
Minor: Animal death and Confinement
stargem'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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Death, Medical content, Murder, and Mental illness
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Child death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Bullying, and Sexism
Minor: Confinement, Infertility, and Miscarriage
tqlikesbooks's review
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
“The Moors were beautiful in their own way, and if their beauty was the quiet sort that required time and introspection to be seen, well, there was nothing wrong with that. The best beauty was the sort that took some seeking.”
A deliciously dark twist on fairy tales, Down Among the Sticks and Bones follows the story of Jack and Jill, who we first meet in Every Heart a Doorway (though this can be read as a stand alone story).
I loved the tale of the two sisters, who yearn to escape the narrow roles their parents have squashed them into and find themselves in the land of the moors. Seanan McGuire plays with classic gothic figure such like Dracula and Doctor Frankenstein, yet twists the stories in new and exciting directions.
This was a dark, magical and fascinating tale that sucked me into an entirely different world.
“She had tried to make sure they knew that there were a hundred, a thousand, a million different ways to be a girl, and that all of them were valid, and that neither of them was doing anything wrong.”
Graphic: Blood, Death, and Grief
angelareads's review
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse
Minor: Homophobia, Pedophilia, and Fatphobia