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leafhead's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Gun violence, Suicide, and Violence
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Police brutality, and Medical content
tetrootz'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? No
4.0
Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Rape
booksthatburn'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? It's complicated
4.0
I liked most of THE LAMB WILL SLAUGHTER THE LION. It has some interesting ideas about punk and anarchism as import elements of the setting and plot, but some of that was conveyed more by the CZM book club commentary than the actual text. Since there isn't an audiobook, that was a great way to listen to the story. It feels like a cross between a modern fable and an anti-police procedural, as Danielle is trying to figure out what's happening in the punk settlement and how to stop people from dying. As the first book in a series (current of two books but there might eventually be more), this functions almost completely as a stand-alone story, then at the very end it specifically sets up the idea of more stories to come. The ending felt a bit too neat, as all of a sudden everything was solved and the problems are fixed, which definitely contributed to it feeling like a fable where the lesson is more important than any realism.
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Animal death, Gun violence, Suicide, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Rape and Self harm
midnightcomets's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Gore, Suicide, and Police brutality
Minor: Rape and Medical content
donutlookaway's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
3.25
Graphic: Violence and Murder
Moderate: Police brutality
Minor: Rape
mikkitooloud's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, and Murder
Minor: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Police brutality, and Injury/Injury detail
softbitten's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, and Death
Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Vomit, and Police brutality
owenblacker's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
This is on one level a tense horror novel, where forces of the State and society and male violence are as much a sinister and pervasive threat as the heart-eating magic deer. But, as that suggests, it’s also a meditation on things like society, what anarchism means, how societies enforce rules and what it means to do so and who takes enforcement roles on themselves. How do we keep ourselves decent without a prospect of punishment for those who transgress? Who makes those calls?
And, as Killjoy put it in the book, “the revolution is about taking power away from the oppressors, not becoming them ourselves”.
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Rape and Suicide
CN: mention of suicide, mention of rape, animal death, death of a loved one, abuse, violence, gore, state violencekazik's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, and Blood
Moderate: Gun violence, Suicide, Police brutality, and Murder
Minor: Rape and Vomit
lipstickitotheman's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Suicide, Violence, Blood, and Medical content
Minor: Cursing, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Police brutality, Medical content, and Grief