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Violence
A lot
Violence; horror violence; deaths
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Some
Brief sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
Themes of belonging, monstrosity, and the human capacity for destruction
What this book is about
Barker's 1988 novella (basis for the film Nightbreed) follows Boone, who believes he is a serial killer, to Midian, an underground city of monsters. A reversal of horror: the monsters are sympathetic, the humans monstrous. Features violence and some sexual content. For adults.
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Violence
Horror imagery
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