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lord_trashcan's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Xenophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Incest, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Minor: Rape and Sexual assault
semeyers's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
The premise drew me in: A neglected manor in the countryside in which lives the remaining members of a once wealthy and powerful mining family now battling to keep their power after tragedy. A socialite from the city who arrives at the manor at the behest of her cousin's husband and her own father after receiving a rambling and concerning letter from the cousin. The husband hopes a familiar face will draw her cousin out of her confusion. Her father hopes she will be able to get her cousin away from the family and into a psychiatric hospital closer to home. As she spends time in the household, it become apparent that not all is as it seems and something far more sinister is at work...
Now the issues:
- The characters are incredibly one sided. There is no backstory on the characters you are supposed to connect the most with - the MC, Noemí, and her cousin, Catalina. Catalina especially fell flat. With no background on her, it is hard to connect with and sympathize with her situation. She was supposed to be the driving emotion behind Noemí's actions, but it just felt forced. The members of the Doyle family somehow felt more fleshed out as you heard their backstories and more of the reasoning for their actions.
- The length. There are pages and pages and pages of Noemí just wandering around the mansion and the grounds, smoking, and not doing much of anything to forward the plot. I found myself thinking more than once "What was the point of including that paragraph??". A lot of it ended up feeling like filler.
- The shoehorned romance. <Spoiler>Noemí and Francis had absolutely 0 chemistry. It was so uncomfortable having them end up together. Keeping them as friends/confidants wouldn't have effected the storyline at all and would have worked bettter, imo.
- The ending was predictable and not at all unique.
I did like the twist
Graphic: Incest, Suicide, Murder, and Colonisation
Moderate: Sexual assault
Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis
rtthalia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Classism
eli_like_a_lie's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
1.5
Graphic: Body horror, Incest, Racism, Sexual violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Classism
Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Sexism, Suicide, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Death of parent and War
There is a lot descriptions of rot/mold/funguslmluft's review against another edition
Graphic: Body horror, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting
Moderate: Colonisation
Minor: Cannibalism and Classism
errie's review against another edition
2.75
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Cannibalism, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting
danimacuk'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
4.25
Moderate: Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting
Minor: Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Gun violence, Racism, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
something_magnetism's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
teal_bird's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Body horror, Drug use, Incest, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, and Rape
There is a lot in this book. It’s been a while but I read this for a class and my teacher gave no warnings. It’s a good book but my goodness there is a lot in it that I still don’t know if it was worth it to read.elyssawizard's review against another edition
3.75
Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting
Minor: Child death, Gun violence, Incest, Miscarriage, Suicide, Cannibalism, and Murder