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adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Being a short story collection, it's unsurprising that I liked some stories decidedly better than others. Definitely preferred the first half Jealousy stories to the second half Power stories, most of which had a speculative and/dystopian twist. When I gave each story a star rating, it averaged out to 3.85. Rather than rounding down to 3.75, I rounded up to 4 because I listened to the audiobook, and the readers are fantastic.
The complete breakdown:
The complete breakdown:
London—5
The Jealousy Man—4.5
The Line—4.25
Trash—4
The Confession—4.5
Odd—3.75
The Earring—3.75
Rat Island—3
The Shredder—3
The Cicadas—3
The Antidote—3
Black Knight—4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Addiction, Cursing, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Torture, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
"Rat Island" is, not surprisingly, not great for folks with a rat phobia. "Antidote" should be a HARD PASS for anyone with a snake phobia.