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620 reviews
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Drug use, Vomit, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Gore
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Alcohol
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Suicide, Blood, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.75
Graphic: Child death
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
UK Release 13th of February.
Lenore has moved into her new Sheffield estate with her husband of ten years. She is tasked with making the house fit for a shooting party in a few weeks but when a woman enters her life she will awaken something deep within Lenore that is hard to ignore.
I loved this! This is my first time reading anything by Kat Dunn and I was instantly pulled in by her writing style and prose. While dealing with difficult and heart wrenching topics Kat's writing is effortless to fall into. Lenore is an instantly relatable character. Her frustrations and then rage is written beautifully and believable as she deals with her own self doubt. The novel focuses on her relationships with her husband Henry, her "friend" Cora and Carmilla.
I really loved her contrast between Lenore and Carmilla. Lenore at the start represents a softness where as Carmilla is all edges, it kind of made me wish that we got Carmilla POV chapters but I very much understand why we didn't as this is Lenore's story to tell.
Without saying spoilers Lenore deals with a type of pain, the way this is written really grapples with the struggles of those with chronic pain so well.
Do I wish there were more of the vampire elements? Yes. Do I understand why it didn't go that far? Also yes.
Graphic: Blood and Death of parent