Scan barcode
moksha'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? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Medical content, Dementia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation
zoemks's review against another edition
Graphic: Child abuse and Pedophilia
katemarie99's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Car accident, and Colonisation
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Deportation
justmys's review against another edition
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Excrement, and Vomit
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment
eddiesourboy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- 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 death, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Murder, and War
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
Minor: Cancer and Pedophilia
cstein's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Xenophobia, Alcohol, and Colonisation
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Cannibalism, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
leapyear_reader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Murder, and War
Moderate: Genocide, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Miscarriage and Car accident
thestorydoer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
It begins very strongly with a lot of mystery and excitement, and ends even stronger, raising the whole book up another level, but the middle feels quite tedious at times. It favours the inclusion of its world of ancient gods in modern times over traditional forms of drama. This makes the read an incredibly slow one. And at 800 pages, it's definitely not for people who struggle to read slowly paced books.
But the world is so incredibly well thought out, it almost doesn't matter as it doubles down on its worldbuilding storytelling, the author trusting his ability to create a world so good, it surpassed regular dramatic tension. Not to say there aren't tense moments, because there are, just very far and few between pages. Again, this makes the story a pleasurable but monotonous read.
Although, what is it with good authors and uncomfortable sexual references? This book often has mentions of rape and pedophelia in multiple moments. Some work in its context, others feel needlessly included. The book also has a fixation on sex, which is fair? But I was personally not a fan of just how fixated it was. It never goes into explicit detail but it is implied multiple times throughout the book.
Overall, it was worth the read because of its world and it's faults can be very easily overlooked.
Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, and Torture
marthadude'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: Body horror, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racism, Slavery, and Colonisation
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, and Pedophilia
skudiklier's review against another edition
3.0
For most of this book, I couldn't really tell you what it was about, or what the main plot was. Not that that's always a bad thing, but still.
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, and Murder
Moderate: Fatphobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, and Sexual content
Minor: Pedophilia
Anti-Romani slur (g slur) Predatory relationship between older man and young girl who may be underage Body horror to do with corpses, maggots, etc