American Elsewhere
Book • 2013 • Horror
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Nothing graphic, but a young woman comes to an arrangement with a much more powerful being and her consent is at least dubious.
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brief memory of a father physically punishing a character, no details on the punishment
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MANY suicides at the end
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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brief memory of a father physically punishing a character, no details on the punishment
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Does a kid die?
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Several characters die, including multiple children. The main character's unborn daughter dies in a car accident.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there blood/gore?
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Frequently.
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Does a head get squashed?
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character smashes their head against a wall until they die, pretty graphic
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Is there sexual content?
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One of the POV characters runs a bar that employs sex workers, another masturbates and another looks forward to sex with his girlfriend.
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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A POV character thinks to herself that another character's hair is "a bit dykey"
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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Multiple characters are stabbed and cut.
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A non-human agender character thinks in gendered terms, then corrects itself, but nothing external.
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Are needles/syringes used?
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The main character is injected and has blood taken.
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Are there bugs?
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There are various creatures, some of whom are insect-like in appearance and movement.
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Is there copaganda?
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The main character used to be a police officer, and she uses skills she gained, but the cops are mostly absent.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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The main character's mother is described as having schizophrenia, and she shoots herself.
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Does someone drown?
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A baby falls into a bucket of liquid, but is taken out and appears unharmed afterwards.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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A large part of the book is the main character experiencing weird things and being told it's normal. However, she quickly rejects this.
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Does an LGBT person die?
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The main setting is a town where LGBT people must remain closeted. However, strictly speaking they do not die because of their sexuality.
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Does a parent die?
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Parental death and its consequences are a major plot point.
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Nonhuman characters have difficulty controlling the human bodies they inhabit, and remember their other forms. I don't think that counts, though.
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Does someone cheat?
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Two neighbours carry on an affair (emotionally, at least).
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Does someone have cancer?
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There are various references to things that look like tumours.
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Does someone die?
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lots of people throughout but esp at the end
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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The main character used to drink heavily, and multiple characters are shown drunk at various stages.
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A side character deals heroin and cocaine, and controls his employees by supplying them with drugs. A minor point of view character spends her few chapters high on heroin.
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Are there ghosts?
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Various characters who have died communicate with the living.
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Is there a dead animal?
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An early scene features many taxidermied deer heads, and rabbit skulls are a minor plot point, and there are one or two mentions of deer being butchered after being shot. The town is described as having very few pets, and those all indoors, as outdoor pets disappear.
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Some deer are shot by the main character during flashbacks.
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Does it have a sad ending?
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I mean, a _lot_ of people die, but I'd argue the ending is overall happy.
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Is there hate speech?
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The main character is Latina, most of the town is white, and she is concerned they will not welcome her because of her skin colour, but there are other reasons for the uncomfortable situations she finds herself in.
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