Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 4 (click to see context) from:
** One scene in the fourth part describes in detail a gang of delinquents, who happen to have accidently killed the daughter of a rich and well-connected man, being very sadistically tortured in prison by [[CripplingCastration having their testicles removed]].
to:
** One scene in the fourth part describes in detail a gang of delinquents, who happen to have accidently killed the daughter of a rich and well-connected man, being very sadistically tortured in prison by [[CripplingCastration having their testicles removed]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 4 (click to see context) from:
** One scene in the fourth part describes in detail a gang of delinquents, who happen to have accidently killed the daughter of a rich and well-connect man, being very sadistically tortured in prison by [[CripplingCastration having their testicles removed]].
to:
** One scene in the fourth part describes in detail a gang of delinquents, who happen to have accidently killed the daughter of a rich and well-connect well-connected man, being very sadistically tortured in prison by [[CripplingCastration having their testicles removed]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
** One scene in the fourth part describes in detail a gang of delinquents, who happen to have accidently killed the daughter of a rich and well-connect man, being very sadistically tortured in prison by [[CripplingCastration having their testicles removed]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 6 (click to see context) from:
* TearJerker: How can you not feel sorry for all the hundreds of women and girls unfortunate enough to die like discarded toys?
to:
* TearJerker: How can you not feel sorry for all the hundreds of women and girls unfortunate enough to die meet their ends like discarded toys?that?
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* TearJerker: How can you not feel sorry for all the hundreds of women and girls unfortunate enough to die like discarded toys?
** Lotte Reiter, despite only earning the spotlight near the end, is just a miserable and sympathetic character that cares about her estranged brother who is may or may not be damaged by the war.
** Lotte Reiter, despite only earning the spotlight near the end, is just a miserable and sympathetic character that cares about her estranged brother who is may or may not be damaged by the war.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ReclusiveArtist: Benno von Archimboldi.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 8 (click to see context) from:
** Lotte grew up during WorldWarII, spent years wondering when her brother was going to return, outlived her husband, and [[spoiler: is on the verge of losing her estranged son.]]
to:
** Lotte grew up during WorldWarII, UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, spent years wondering when her brother was going to return, outlived her husband, and [[spoiler: is on the verge of losing her estranged son.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 2 (click to see context) from:
* NightmareFuel: ''Everything'' about the Santa Teresa murders. The mutilated bodies are described in detail, and the implied large-scale corruption and cover-ups are terrifying. Some characters start having nightmares once they enter the city.
to:
* NightmareFuel: ''Everything'' about the Santa Teresa murders. The mutilated bodies are described in detail, and the implied large-scale corruption and cover-ups are terrifying. Some characters start having nightmares once they enter the city. To make matters even worse, this is TruthInTelevision. This part of the novel is based on the real-life murders of literally hundreds of women and girls in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, which to this day remain unsolved.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 1 (click to see context) from:
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Nearly ''every'' interaction someone has with Amalfitano is treated like this in-universe. Even [[spoiler: the guys that were probably planning to kill his daughter]] have to pause and try to make sense of what he's saying.
to:
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Nearly ''every'' interaction someone has with Amalfitano is treated like this in-universe. Even [[spoiler: the guys that who were probably planning to kill his daughter]] have to pause and try to make sense of what he's saying.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 8 (click to see context) from:
** Lotte grew up during WorldWarII, spent years wondering when her brother was going to return, outlived her husband, and [[spoiler: is on the verge of losing her estranged son.]]
to:
** Lotte grew up during WorldWarII, spent years wondering when her brother was going to return, outlived her husband, and [[spoiler: is on the verge of losing her estranged son.]]]]
----
----
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
** The few remaining survivors of Entrescu's unit describe Dracula's castle as this. When they tried to better fortify the place with trenches, they kept finding skeletons everywhere.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 1,2 (click to see context) from:
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The voyeuristic sex scene between General Entrescu and Baroness von Zumpe.
** Nearly ''every'' interaction someone has with Amalfitano is treated like this in-universe. Even [[spoiler: the guys that were probably planning to kill his daughter]] have to pause and try to make sense of what he's saying.
** Nearly ''every'' interaction someone has with Amalfitano is treated like this in-universe. Even [[spoiler: the guys that were probably planning to kill his daughter]] have to pause and try to make sense of what he's saying.
to:
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The voyeuristic sex scene between General Entrescu and Baroness von Zumpe.
**Nearly ''every'' interaction someone has with Amalfitano is treated like this in-universe. Even [[spoiler: the guys that were probably planning to kill his daughter]] have to pause and try to make sense of what he's saying.
**
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 1 (click to see context) from:
* NightmareFuel: ''Everything'' about the Santa Teresa murders. The mutliated bodies are described in detail, and the implied large-scale corruption and cover-ups are terrifying. Some characters start having nightmares once they enter the city.
to:
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The voyeuristic sex scene between General Entrescu and Baroness von Zumpe.
** Nearly ''every'' interaction someone has with Amalfitano is treated like this in-universe. Even [[spoiler: the guys that were probably planning to kill his daughter]] have to pause and try to make sense of what he's saying.
* NightmareFuel: ''Everything'' about the Santa Teresa murders. Themutliated mutilated bodies are described in detail, and the implied large-scale corruption and cover-ups are terrifying. Some characters start having nightmares once they enter the city.
** Nearly ''every'' interaction someone has with Amalfitano is treated like this in-universe. Even [[spoiler: the guys that were probably planning to kill his daughter]] have to pause and try to make sense of what he's saying.
* NightmareFuel: ''Everything'' about the Santa Teresa murders. The
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 1 (click to see context) from:
* NightmareFuel: ''Everything'' about the Santa Teresa. The mutliated bodies are described in detail, and the implied large-scale corruption and cover-ups are terrifying. Some characters start having nightmares once they enter the city.
to:
* NightmareFuel: ''Everything'' about the Santa Teresa.Teresa murders. The mutliated bodies are described in detail, and the implied large-scale corruption and cover-ups are terrifying. Some characters start having nightmares once they enter the city.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* NightmareFuel: ''Everything'' about the Santa Teresa. The mutliated bodies are described in detail, and the implied large-scale corruption and cover-ups are terrifying. Some characters start having nightmares once they enter the city.
* ParanoiaFuel: The Parts about Amalfitano, Fate, and The Murders run completely on this. Hundreds of women are being brutally murdered, the killer could be anyone, and ''the police and mayor's office are likely in on it.''
* TheWoobie: Amalfitano. The guy loses his wife, most of his sanity, and [[spoiler: nearly loses his daughter.]]
** Ivanov, the Russian science fiction author [[spoiler: who never got the acclaim he sought, was betrayed by the Communist party, and eventually executed.]]
** Ansky, a promising Jewish intellectual and source of Ivanov's newfound inspiration [[spoiler: gets caught up in the Great Purge and has to go on the run. He makes it all the way back and hides in his childhood home, but is eventually found and killed.]]
** Lotte grew up during WorldWarII, spent years wondering when her brother was going to return, outlived her husband, and [[spoiler: is on the verge of losing her estranged son.]]
* ParanoiaFuel: The Parts about Amalfitano, Fate, and The Murders run completely on this. Hundreds of women are being brutally murdered, the killer could be anyone, and ''the police and mayor's office are likely in on it.''
* TheWoobie: Amalfitano. The guy loses his wife, most of his sanity, and [[spoiler: nearly loses his daughter.]]
** Ivanov, the Russian science fiction author [[spoiler: who never got the acclaim he sought, was betrayed by the Communist party, and eventually executed.]]
** Ansky, a promising Jewish intellectual and source of Ivanov's newfound inspiration [[spoiler: gets caught up in the Great Purge and has to go on the run. He makes it all the way back and hides in his childhood home, but is eventually found and killed.]]
** Lotte grew up during WorldWarII, spent years wondering when her brother was going to return, outlived her husband, and [[spoiler: is on the verge of losing her estranged son.]]
