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adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Murder, Alcohol
➸ Trigger warnings for parent with alcohol abuse issues, physical injuries including severed finger and eye trauma, grief and loss depiction, death of a friend, death of a partner, death of a father and an uncle, death of a mother recounted, murder and attempted murder, sword violence, loss of autonomy (magical mind control), and bullying recounted.
fast-paced
Content Warnings
Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, War
➸ Trigger warnings for misogyny, sexual assault of a minor recounted, statutory rape mentioned (adult man & 17yo girl), depression mentioned, suicide, suicidal ideation & suicide pacts discussed, minor blood & gore depiction including dead bodies, gun violence, and war themes, including refugee experiences recounted.
dark
emotional
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
👏 stop trying to justify incest y'all 👏
▷ Representation: B (mc) is Deaf; Jerome (li) is a Native American amputee; Madison (sc) has C-PTSD; Black & autistic scs.
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▷ Representation: B (mc) is Deaf; Jerome (li) is a Native American amputee; Madison (sc) has C-PTSD; Black & autistic scs.
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Blood, Kidnapping
Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Death of parent, Murder
Minor: Cancer, Child death, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail
➸ Trigger warnings for antiziganism (g slur), incest (foster siblings), paedophilia, child sexual assault and rape (theme), child abuse and neglect, foster care system experiences recounted, amnesia and memory loss, dissociation, blood and gore depiction, physical injuries mentioned, death of a foster mother (off-page, discussed), death of a wife from cancer mentioned, death of a wife from suicide mentioned, accidental infanticide, murder by stabbing (on-page), physical assault, kidnapping and captivity of a child, incarceration, graphic animal death and hunting, animal dead bodies and butchery (on-page), and loss of an arm in an explosion while deployed.
Context: The story follows a private investigator trying to find a missing child. The book is told from her POV, the missing child, and the predator who kidnapped and held the child captive. While there are no on-page scenes of sexual violence, it is clear that the captor sexually abuses and rapes the child. It is vaguely mentioned through metaphors and lyrical writing from the child's perspective; as well as mentions of pain and blood on her legs. The predator was also raped by his captor as a child. Again, there are no on-page scenes of this.
A secondary character leaves her baby in their stroller on a bus that is then parked in storage. It is unclear how the baby dies but the protagonist finds his body (off-page, no descriptions).
Not my vibe 🤷🏼♀️ It was an interesting exploration of a dysfunctional family but the focus on taxidermy, suicide and adulterey with all of it’s weird literary fiction writing didn’t do it for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Dementia
Moderate: Drug abuse, Infidelity, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Alcohol
Minor: Vomit, Death of parent, Murder
➸ Trigger warnings for graphic domestic emotional abuse and gaslighting (theme), spousal infidelity, early-onset dementia and paranoid delusions (theme), drugging, prescription pill abuse, discussions of attempted suicide, suicidal ideation (minor), overdose, emesis, hospitalisation, death of a father in a car accident mentioned, death of a mother from illness recounted, murder by knife violence (off-page), stalking, and home invasion.
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Violence, Blood
challenging
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
▷ Representation: Will (mc) is sapphic; Lillian (sc/mc) has multiple sclerosis and uses a cane; sapphic and achillean scs.
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Blog • Trigger Warning Database • StoryGraph
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Homophobia
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child abuse, Sexism, Stalking, Alcohol, Sexual harassment
➸ Trigger warnings for sexism, queermisia (theme), sexual harassment recounted, child abuse, domestic abuse, suicide by gun violence mentioned (multiple), alcohol consumption, hospitalisation for physical injuries, death of a mother, death of a father from suicide, murder, gun violence, knife violence & stabbing, physical assault, blackmail, and stalking.
Context:
• Will is hospitalised for extensive injuries sustained during a physical assault (suspected hate crime). She suffers from a broken wrist, dislocated fingers, fractured ribs, and a laceration to her face.
• The love interest's father and uncle are blackmailed about their sexuality. Her mother forced her father to marry her, officially claiming her pregnancy as his child, so she would not out his relationship with Wallace. He later dies by suicide from a gunshot due to the pressure of being closeted.
• Lots of discussion or innuendos about the legality of queer relationships as well as period typical sexism.