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Is an animal abandoned?
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Kind of. When the MC moves home he and his Mum can’t find their cat as they’re ready to leave. They do try looking for it.
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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I can say yes and no, one of the most brutal deaths is a teenage girl. I don’t know if this is for spectacle, since a teenage boy also has a disturbing death.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Is rape mentioned?
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not explicitly, but the main antagonist is a pedophile and he ends up kidnapping a boy for 2 years. When his body is found (laying on top of the kid in a semi sexual manner) he seems to have a “blissful” expression on his face.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is someone stalked?
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The main plot of the book is about the experience of being stalked by a predator
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Addiction
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Animal
Are animals abused?
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It is mentioned that a cat is declawed.
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Does a cat die?
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You can skip the “Boxes” chapter, that’s the cats name. I’m a cat lover and obviously I hate when pets die and this one made my heart sink. So if you so choose to skip this section the only think you’ll need to take away from it is that the main antagonist is living under the main character’s old house, and is horrifyingly obsessed with him.
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Towards the end of the "Balloons" section, there are a variety of animal corpses found underneath the protagonist's home, presumably killed by the story's antagonist.
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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it’s a book lol
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Are there spiders?
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General bugs under the main character’s house
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Is there a dead animal?
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See "Does an Animal Die."
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Assault
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VERY implied… It’s towards the end
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Is there pedophilia?
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Implied but not confirmed
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Bodily Harm
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Is there excessive gore?
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Wouldn’t call it excessive. But there is slight gore
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Is someone tortured?
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I’d argue that it is implied yes, *Spoilers* a young boy is kidnapped for two years and the way his body is found it seems like a rough and gross death to say the least.
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Is there body horror?
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A teenage girl’s body becomes contorted
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Is there amputation?
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Implied offscreen
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Does someone break a bone?
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Main character breaks a bone as a child from an innocent injury … but then also a teenage girl gets brutally attacked in a car accident.
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Children
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Death
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Is someone kidnapped?
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A main character is temporarily abducted multiple times. Another main character is kidnapped and killed.
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Fear
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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It is mentioned that a character wants to vomit after seeing a decomposed body, but she does not.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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Mental Health
Does someone die by suicide?
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Arguably, it depends on if you interpret the antagonist as mentally ill.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Crawl space + a coffin
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Noxious
Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Very few and far between.
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Paranoia
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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The book is told from a first person perspective, and the narrator talks directly to the reader as if you're having a conversation with them.
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Pregnancy
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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The antagonist is a pedophile.
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Sex
Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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It isn't explicit, but it is heavily implied that the antagonist is a pedophile. He created an entire relationship with the narrator in his own mind, and tells the narrator that he loves him.
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Sickness
Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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A side character (an old woman) has Dementia or Alzheimer's
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Vehicular
Is someone hit by a car?
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off-screen, but the aftermath is very graphic and detailed
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