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booksthatburn's review against another edition
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, and Grief
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Blood
Minor: Ableism, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Violence, and Alcohol
aardwyrm's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- 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
Gladstone's prose is in a class by itself. Language flensed and rebuilt. The worldbuilding, the characters, the magic, all are phenomena in their own right, but nobody bites with words quite like that. Also he almost made me care about muscle cars, which has never been done before.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism