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probablyaster's Reviews (148)
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book may have just not been for me, because the writing style (and also the combination of fantasy words and other foreign words that were mildly familiar) just confused me enough to not really get invested into any of the characters. Also there was no romantic tension. I will admit that there is a glossary on the author's website, but it was not in the book, so I was unaware of it until I went over to goodreads to write my review. I liked the idea of the book, but the execution of it just didn't pull me in enough to give it a higher rating, which honestly turned out to be disappointing, because I love sapphic books with folkloric and religious themes, and I was excited for this one. I might come back to it eventually armed with the author's glossary, but I fear that needing a separate website to understand a book isn't really the best thing for readers
have yet to read this book (so excited) but i am adding the content warnings from the author website
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Cannibalism, Abortion, Pregnancy
YOU WEREN'T MEANT TO BE HUMAN is about reproductive abuse, pregnancy as violence, self-destruction, loss of agency, and every nasty feeling I as the author have ever carried with me as an autistic trans man, especially since the fall of Roe v. Wade in 2022. Content warnings include:
Infanticide involving cannibalism
Graphic depictions of pregnancy and childbirth as violence and body horror; on-page early stillbirth with subsequent desecration of corpse; on-page botched DIY abortion
Narrative focus on suicidality and planning suicide, with no attempt made; similar focus on self-harm, shown on-page
Consistently unclear sexual boundaries and consent, up to and including rape, often involving confusion on behalf of the survivor
Sexual fantasies/intrusive thoughts involving abuse and bestiality
Domestic abuse
Graphic violence
Weird bug shit, needles, general transphobia and ableism, etc.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
just realized i have no desire to read this book in any capacity. not even interesting enough for a hate read of it. i have better things to do with my time.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia, Dysphoria
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
this book is so harrow nonagesimus coded
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cannibalism
Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Murder
