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The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
When I started reading this book, I began it under the impression that this was the inspiration for the movie Let Me In (2010). I then realized (after some research online) that [book:Let the Right One In|62107410] is actually the original and [book:Let Me In|7911377] is a rewritten version of this story.
For those of you that might be experiencing some of the same confusion that I was. [book:Let the Right One In|62107410] is a much darker version of the story and does not directly correspond to the movie Let Me In (2010), but instead corresponds to Let the Right One In (2008). I have only read this version and not yet the rewritten one, but from what I learned online, the rewritten story will probably be suited more towards sensitive audiences. Some of the triggers that I picked up on in [book:Let the Right One In|62107410] are:
• Pedophilia
• Blood
• Sexual assault
• Rape
• Violence
• Child abuse/death
• Animal death
• Stalking
<b>*This is not a complete list.*</b> And be aware, that there are very descriptive scenes from the POV of a character that is engaging in pedophilia. If this is something that you can't overlook, I think the other version of this story (from what I learned online) [book:Let Me In|7911377], might be more suited to you.
All of this being said, it was still a very well-written and enjoyable horror/vampire story but please beware of the content to decide which version is best for you.
For those of you that might be experiencing some of the same confusion that I was. [book:Let the Right One In|62107410] is a much darker version of the story and does not directly correspond to the movie Let Me In (2010), but instead corresponds to Let the Right One In (2008). I have only read this version and not yet the rewritten one, but from what I learned online, the rewritten story will probably be suited more towards sensitive audiences. Some of the triggers that I picked up on in [book:Let the Right One In|62107410] are:
• Pedophilia
• Blood
• Sexual assault
• Rape
• Violence
• Child abuse/death
• Animal death
• Stalking
<b>*This is not a complete list.*</b> And be aware, that there are very descriptive scenes from the POV of a character that is engaging in pedophilia. If this is something that you can't overlook, I think the other version of this story (from what I learned online) [book:Let Me In|7911377], might be more suited to you.
All of this being said, it was still a very well-written and enjoyable horror/vampire story but please beware of the content to decide which version is best for you.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I read this one to complete a book challenge. This was maybe only my second or third comic in my life. Personally, I don't care for reading this type of book but I can appreciate that this was well done. The artwork was great and the story was enjoyably weird.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Fatphobia, Gore, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Pregnancy
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
If you loved Butcher & Blackbird, you’ll love this one too.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
3/5 stars. Don’t hate me! In my opinion, this was overhyped. And I had to set down this book and pick it up as an audiobook because I couldn’t get past Rooney’s lack of quotation marks throughout this.
The story certainly wasn’t bad but it also didn’t blow me away. I felt really underwhelmed by the characters and the story. I feel this story could’ve benefited from being shorter. I found myself getting bored and several scenes felt incredibly receptive to me. At one point I thought that my audiobook sync failed and I was re-listening to a scene only to realize it was a completely different one.
The story certainly wasn’t bad but it also didn’t blow me away. I felt really underwhelmed by the characters and the story. I feel this story could’ve benefited from being shorter. I found myself getting bored and several scenes felt incredibly receptive to me. At one point I thought that my audiobook sync failed and I was re-listening to a scene only to realize it was a completely different one.
