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shetef 's review for:
The Salt Grows Heavy
by Cassandra Khaw
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This book started out fairly interesting but just fell apart catastrophically around the end of the first chapter. Lots of interesting ideas raised and then abandoned. I was pretty excited to have some masc non-binary rep but the author whiffed it on this one.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Cannibalism
Minor: Antisemitism