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adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.5
reread from year 7/8 english :)
this was quite a bit more problematic than i remembered in the way that it presents some themes. It casually mentions self-h*rm, ab*rtions, eating disorders, and gruesome death without any warning and glosses over/presents these events as if they were normal behaviours. I can see how it could be very harmful to such a young audience as it didn't seem to discourage these behaviours at all, rather it presented them in a way that made them seem ideal (eg. binding and starving were presented as a goal for the girls of the village, but nothing was said about how it was bad - all the book did was glorify it and use this glorification as a major plot point) and it made me feel quite angry at the thought that this book may have been an introduction to harmful behaviour for so many young children - potentially for the other girls in my class too.
this was quite a bit more problematic than i remembered in the way that it presents some themes. It casually mentions self-h*rm, ab*rtions, eating disorders, and gruesome death without any warning and glosses over/presents these events as if they were normal behaviours. I can see how it could be very harmful to such a young audience as it didn't seem to discourage these behaviours at all, rather it presented them in a way that made them seem ideal (eg. binding and starving were presented as a goal for the girls of the village, but nothing was said about how it was bad - all the book did was glorify it and use this glorification as a major plot point) and it made me feel quite angry at the thought that this book may have been an introduction to harmful behaviour for so many young children - potentially for the other girls in my class too.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, and Body shaming
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Animal death, and Abortion
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