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mmcloe's review against another edition
- 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
Hallucinatory, delirious prose at its best. Would love to see this read alongside Amos Tutuola or Ishmael Reed.
Moderate: Death and Rape
hacthoun's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
i really enjoyed the nonlinear approach and how disorienting and unclear the boundaries between the living and the dead were. however, it’s another novel that is horrible to every single female character and doesn’t mince words about it. pretty rough read in that sense
Graphic: Death, Rape, and Violence
Moderate: Sexual violence, Suicide, Murder, and War
saltycoffee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Confinement, Incest, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Minor: War
rachaelkei's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Rape
Minor: Incest
abbeyrk's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Death and Death of parent
Minor: Rape, Vomit, and Murder
taviarz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death and Rape
vita_ayala's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
The format is almost dream-like, which is onteresting to read and adds to the tension I think.
Moderate: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Trafficking, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
We lose the thread of the son somewhere in the middle, which I think ultimately makes this too loose of a story.nozomi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Sexism
Moderate: Incest, Rape, and Sexual assault
Minor: Alcoholism, Infertility, Trafficking, Murder, and Alcohol
slvngrt's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Rape, Blood, and Murder