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- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Animal death and Confinement
4.5
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Transphobia
Minor: War
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
Moderate: Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, Transphobia, and Violence
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- 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
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Deportation
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment
Did not finish book. Stopped at 69%.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Trafficking, Death of parent, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Classism
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Death of parent, and Abandonment
- 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
2.0
i enjoyed the story, though if you’re looking for a fresh ghost story with twists and turns, this isn’t it. it’s a very classic revenge story and i think it’s strength lies more in it’s themes and how unflinching the author is in her criticism of racism, plantations, and how everyone can play into white supremacy, maliciously or not. my favorite portion of the book is towards the ending
it didn’t quite stick the landing though in my opinion. the latter portion of the book is rather unclear, making it hard to distinguish what fact from fiction and how did some of the more shocking events happen or didn’t happen. this vagueness isn’t bad in and of itself, but it makes the ending even more egregious. all the vague hallucinatory vibes disappear and the book is over because the protagonist literally says it’s over, not because anything is really done. i don’t need the protagonists to stick around and clean up the mess made by racist whites, but what about everything else? it felt like author thought she got her message across sufficiently and forgot about the story. the message it sends is good, but as a book it’s just okay.
Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
“I walked through darkness, on and on I walked. I knew that no destination awaited me. I was aware that it was meaningless. Yet despite that, I could not bring myself to give up. Some piece of me still vaguely remembered what it was like to be human. What I saw. What I heard. The weight of my own limbs. My own thoughts. I wasn’t wholly certain any of it was real.
Desperate to cling to my self, nebulous as that concept was… I retraced an outline I wasn’t even sure was correct, over and over again. It felt as if the moment I stopped, I would cease to exist. I was… helpless.
You were like the light of a flickering candle flame. Too faint to illuminate the path ahead. You were so small, so slight and fragile. And yet… you were all i needed, and more.”
there are no words. absolutely devastating.
Graphic: Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, and Abandonment