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- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
The main character is a woman but she hates and/or belittles all other women (except her grandmother, who is a complete non-entity in this story) and thinks she's unique as a woman due to her misanthropy. The book makes a big deal about it being sexist that stories require women to have trauma to be villains when men can just do what they want, but then gives Maeve villain trauma. The romance is all "oh he was so much bigger than me" straight people crap.
Several quotes and entire scenes are lifted whole cloth from American Psycho but nothing interesting is done with that at all.
I really have to wonder who this book was for. I feel like it was somehow simultaneously too much and too tame, like it's not extreme horror because pretty much everything "extreme" happens off screen, but too much "extreme" content is implied for this to appeal to normies. Baffling book.
Some of the Halloween music trivia was interesting, so 2 stars.
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Murder
Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Fatphobia, Gore, Misogyny, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Abortion, and Alcohol
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
The descriptions of living under occupation are visceral and feel "real" but the understanding of how empire works and what it needs to sustain itself is just not there. The way the Imperator as an institution is characterized and the description of how this empire supposedly runs are insulting to the reader.
Graphic: Racism, Police brutality, and Colonisation
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Violence, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Cultural appropriation, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Medical content, War, and Injury/Injury detail
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Child death, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Fatphobia, Gore, Violence, Medical content, and Car accident
Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Fatphobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Racism
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Self harm, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
2.0
Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Dementia, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, and Murder
Minor: Drug use and Eating disorder
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Dementia, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Sexual content, Medical content, and Murder
- 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
3.0
Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Suicide, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Confinement, Drug use, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic
- 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? No
4.0
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Gore, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Colonisation
Minor: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Rape, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy
- 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: Confinement, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Medical content, Dementia, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Death, Gore, Blood, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
Minor: Animal death, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Drug use, Sexual violence, and Suicide