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kenleyneufeld's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Violence, and Murder
valjeanval's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Drug use, Gun violence, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
pep_puterova's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
0.25
Everyone seems to love this book and everyone says how weird this book is. I was very excited to read it. I love weird, unhinged fantasy.
As soon as I started reading it, it was painfully obvious the book was written by a man. So now I'm cursed with the knowledge the author is a leg man.
Moreover, the book is extremely, painfully American, both in terms of tone and how it treats the outside world. Plus it is somewhat republican-coded. I would like to ascertain the whereabouts of the author on January 6th.
For a book that has SO MUCH going on, it manages to be really boring for a big part of it. There's definitely bad pacing issues, and what could have been a very interesting plot suffers.
Not a single character is even remotely likeable. Except the lions, of course, but they always feature in the most boring parts of the book.
The whole book features too much gratuitious violence, and violence towards women, and then it's excused as 'oh she needed to become who she's meant to be' and extreme violence is good, actually.
All I can say is that I like the idea of this book, but this book is one of the worst things I've ever read. I almost DNF-ed it multiple times, but the only thing that kept me going was trying to understand why does this book have such positive reviews. I genuinely don't understand the praise it receives. It's not like with other books where I could just admit okay it's not for me, but whatever, could be someone else's thing. The praise for this book concers me.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, and War
liv74's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Vomit, Death of parent, and War
soupqueen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
jet_nebula'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
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Rape and Alcohol
shelbymarie314's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Incest
mochikochicken's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail
eviethebookworm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
heckgoshdang's review against another edition
- 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: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail