Does the dog die?
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Tender Is the Flesh
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Zuzu
Explicit torture of puppies.
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Is there menstruation?
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Syrissa
No, but there is a scene referring to missing one's menstruation.
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Abandonment
Is an animal abandoned?
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shame
there is mention of people abandoning their pets when it first starts
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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HankT
No, but the book has heavy themes of child loss. specially grieving an infant
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Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
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Syrissa
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Yes, this is happens in Chapter 18.
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Abuse
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graywolf2010
It’s implied that the narrator was SAed as a child, and he SAs two women (one repeatedly) over the course of the book
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Syrissa
Yes, there are themes throughout the book, but most explicitly toward the end of the book.
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Zuzu
Explicit discussion of sexual assaults trafficking and murder of a teenager.
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
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Syrissa
No, not specifically, but you could potentially argue that a "head" becomes problematically attached to their "owner".
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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AJP1123
Not for spectacle, no.
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Is someone stalked?
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Syrissa
Not in the most widely understood sense, but there are descriptions of events where hunters stalk "heads" as game for sport.
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Addiction
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Syrissa
There is regular tobacco use throughout the book.
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Is there addiction?
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Syrissa
Yes, including an instance of forced addiction (heroin).
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Animal
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Does a pet die?
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shame
main character’s two dogs
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Is an animal sad?
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Syrissa
Yes, there are several scenes depicting sad puppies.
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Are there bugs?
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Anonymous
Mosquitos are mentioned. Butterflies in part 2 chapter 14. Cockroach in part 2 chapter 17
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Are there snakes?
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Syrissa
No, but snakes (not present) are described briefly, as well as their enclosure, at a zoo.
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Does a horse die?
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shame
no specific scene, but all animals die
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Assault
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Beez
that just is the equivalent of onscreen in a book
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grubb
multiple counts of people who are unable to consent being r---ed
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Is rape mentioned?
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birdsRfake
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Part 2 chapter 5, discussion of trafficking and the violent assault of a 14 year old girl.
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Are there jokes about sexual assault on men?
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C3
(Spoiler warning) Yes, I very much believe so. A character jokes about a "male head" being used as a "stud" and how he "doesn't lead too bad a life" before he'll eventually be killed. Also, later in the book, characters joke about an individual whose penis is served for dinner.
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Is someone drugged?
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DontKillFido
Someone is given tranquilizers before being killed
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DontKillFido
Multiple women are beaten (not necessarily slapped though)
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Is someone restrained?
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Syrissa
This is a common theme throughout the book.
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Is there pedophilia?
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DontKillFido
Yes, it recalls a disturbing act of pedophilia followed by the cannibalism of that same child. However it’s not very detailed.
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Bodily Harm
Is there excessive gore?
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Syrissa
Yes, all throughout the book, including the tours of various facilities, and especially during the job interview.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Syrissa
Yes, during the job interview.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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DontKillFido
Genitals are removed, as well as abused
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Does a head get squashed?
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LexMal
Not squashed but heads are hit with clubs multiple times.
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Is there decapitation?
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Syrissa
Yes, in great detail.
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Is there throat mutilation?
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DontKillFido
Vocal cords are removed, and throats are slit.
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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DontKillFido
They shave all hair on all of the victims, and there’s cutting via knives and machetes.
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Is there amputation?
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Zuzu
Very explicit & disturbing, not just in a way you would expect from the subject matter.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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DontKillFido
Sometimes from smoking
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Does someone break a bone?
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Syrissa
There are depictions of broken bones in a medical setting during the laboratory tour, and the sufferer is alive.
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Is someone stabbed?
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Syrissa
There's a graphic description of a group of people cutting and dismembering other people alive, with machetes, toward the end of the book.
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Does someone become unconscious?
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DontKillFido
Many people
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Is there a hanging?
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Syrissa
Not in terms of a self-exit, but there are descriptions of the meat butchering process where "product" is hung and drained.
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Is there body horror?
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Syrissa
Yes, throughout the book. Especially during tours of various facilities, such as the laboratory.
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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DontKillFido
In a way, without spoiling, yes an infant is abducted.
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Does a kid die?
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grubb
SIDS
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Is a minor sexualized?
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shame
s/a of a minor (chapter 5, part 2)
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Does a non-human character die?
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HankT
a group of puppies are killed brutally. theres also alot of mentions of killing animals (both farm animals and pets)
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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birdsRfake
Not exactly a toy but there is a part where the MC burns a crib/cot that belonged to his late son
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Does someone cheat?
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shame
main character cheats on his wife with 2 women
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Does a family member die?
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HankT
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the main character is grieving his son who died as an infant and later in the book his father passes away
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the main character is grieving his son who died as an infant and later in the book his father passes away
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Fear
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Gross
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Is there on-screen pooping?
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shame
several times in the book there’s pretty vivid scenes of people spoiling themselves, pretty much just that though
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Is someone eaten?
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EnragedTiefling
The core horror of the novel is the normalization and industrialization of cannibalism.
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Syrissa
Yes, notably a bowel-release after a physical assault.
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Does someone spit?
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Syrissa
No, but there is a scene described where someone is eating, and something wet dribbles out of their mouth.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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Is there incarceration?
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DontKillFido
People are kept in cages against their will
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LGBTQ+
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Are there transphobic slurs?
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DontKillFido
Not transphobic but there is a homophobic slur used. F*g is used a couple of times.
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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Syrissa
Not specifically, but the main character does destroy something he personally values as priceless.
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Medical
Are needles/syringes used?
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Anonymous
C16
For hormones in preparation for ivf
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Syrissa
There is a brief description of an event where someone is sent to a psychiatric facility. However, there is no scene that takes place at one.
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Is electro-therapy used?
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Anonymous
No. People are tortured with electric flooring. This is not the same thing as ECT.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Syrissa
Although there isn't a hospital scene specifically, the tour of the laboratory might feel very close to one.
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Mental Health
Does someone die by suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Does someone attempt suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Syrissa
(Spoiler warning) There are descriptions of situations where women harm themselves to induce a miscarriage. And while not self-harm, there is a scene where a character is described as having accidentally cut themselves.
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Is there misophonia?
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Syrissa
No, but as someone with misophonia, the messy sandwich-eating scene was still uncomfortable.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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DontKillFido
No but there is a mention of a preventative measure that workers take to stop victims from being able to kill themselves.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Syrissa
(Spoiler warning) Yes, there is described event where a "head" was regularly "stored" alive in a wooden, coffin-like box, too small for them to move, hidden beneath someone's bed. They were found trapped inside the small space.
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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Syrissa
(Spoiler warning) Yes, there is a description of an event where a someone "melts down" at work and is sent to a psychiatric facility. There is at least one other "meltdown", as well, described during the church scene.
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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DontKillFido
Dementia/ Alzheimer’s, and Depression/ Deep level of grief
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Noxious
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Does a baby cry?
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Syrissa
Yes, there is a depiction of an experiment during the laboratory scene specifically to upset very young children.
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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Syrissa
Yes, with hidden cameras.
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Pregnancy
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Does someone miscarry?
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Syrissa
Yes, these events are described and occurred by force.
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Is there childbirth?
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Syrissa
Yes, a difficult one.
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Does a pregnant person die?
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DontKillFido
Pregnant women are hunted for sport
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Are there abortions?
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Anonymous
I would say yes. Blood is taken from pregnant women, causing them to miscarry. It is known that this will occur when the blood is taken, and it is against the will of the pregnant women.
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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birdsRfake
C5
f@g is said in pt 2 ch 5
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Is there hate speech?
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shame
yep, a homophobic slur if that counts
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Are there fat jokes?
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C3
No, but an event is briefly described in Chapter 3 which dehumanizes "obesity".
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Zuzu
People are denied their humanity and there is a lot of talk of lack of intelligence that can be triggering in this context.
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Race
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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DontKillFido
Pedophilia
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
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shame
there’s a church thing that sacrifices their members for the greater good, they come to the plant and aren’t really a big part of the plot
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Sex
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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DontKillFido
Most of the women and a couple men
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Is there BDSM?
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Electricalsun
Rough sex of questionable consent, but not bdsm
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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DontKillFido
Most of the female victims are virgins, and there’s multiple counts of these virgin women being sexually assaulted
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Is there bestiality?
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KaraBelcher
In the context, kind of. Some humans are treated as animals so I feel like it *almost counts as bestiality.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Sexism
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Sickness
Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
33 supporters
Yes
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shame
main character’s father has it
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Is someone terminally ill?
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EnragedTiefling
The main character's father has dementia.
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Social
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Is someone homeless?
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Lmss
No but their are people who live in the “wild”
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Spoiler
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Yes
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
29 supporters
Yes
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DontKillFido
A truck does and many people die
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Yes
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Yes
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Violence
Is there blood/gore?
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Yes
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DontKillFido
It’s a very violent and gory book from beginning to end
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Is there gun violence?
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Anonymous
A man commits suicide by shooting himself
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