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hayreading's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Violence, Sexism, and Gun violence
Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death
theirgracegrace's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
My favourite part of this book was the worldbuilding! Blackgoose builds a world like our own, but without a Roman Empire or Christianity, the Europeans have a distinctly Norse flair that matches well with the themes of resistance against colonialism. Each character has distinctive features, mannerisms and traits that make them real and powerful parts of the narrative.
Eagerly awaiting the next book of this series, particularly in light of the final handful of chapters!
Graphic: Slavery, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Blood, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Violence, Ableism, Child abuse, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Xenophobia, Genocide, Bullying, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Animal death, Body horror, Classism, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Murder, and Sexual content
Moderate: War and Medical content
Minor: Cannibalism, Cursing, Infidelity, and Vomit
susanatherly's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Slavery, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, Sexism, Violence, Bullying, Gun violence, Colonisation, and Classism
booksdogsandcoffee's review against another edition
4.75
If you weren't uncomfortable while reading this book, you missed the point. To Shape A Dragon's Breath invokes every emotion imaginable while reading.
I loved everything about this book and will be eagerly awaiting the sequel.
Graphic: Colonisation, Bullying, Violence, Racial slurs, Sexism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Xenophobia, Gaslighting, Racism, Classism, Misogyny, Ableism, and Death
Moderate: Homophobia
Minor: Lesbophobia and Genocide
jainabee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Xenophobia, Colonisation, Classism, Death of parent, Racism, Sexual harassment, and War
Moderate: Bullying, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, and Animal cruelty
Minor: Gaslighting, Genocide, Gun violence, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia
The great thing about the challenging content is that is is witnessed from the point of view of a very confident young woman of color who calls out that %$#!cadence99's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Graphic: Gun violence, Bullying, Colonisation, Racism, and Ableism
Moderate: Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Animal death, Animal cruelty, War, Classism, Death of parent, Homophobia, Violence, Lesbophobia, Biphobia, and Hate crime
Minor: Alcohol, Blood, and Genocide
batesbarb's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Moderate: Ableism, Racism, Animal cruelty, Cultural appropriation, Homophobia, Biphobia, and Colonisation
trips's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
This was a wonderful YA debut. There were a lot of aspects of this book I thought would bother me but ultimately they didn't by the end of this book.
-I initially felt eh about the colonizers being called the Anglish but honestly, I kinda loved how Anequs kinda lumps all the Anglish as one amalgamation of culture from her perspective, cause that is exactly how we see Native American culture being represented in white media...
-I was worried Anequs would be whisked away to dragon school and we wouldn't learn much about her people and culture, but, without spoiling much, I'm happy to say this wasn't the case! I'm super happy with how this played out in the story.
-I loved that Anequs has loving parents and siblings that all love and support her. I feel like this is so rare in YA fantasy. It honestly brought a tear to my eye as it was so nice to see a young girl with a huge worldly burden with a family that totally had her back.
There were some parts that really did feel like "Baby's first worldbuilding" but the events and plot of this story wholly makeup for it.
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Violence, Ableism, and Child abuse
Minor: Classism and Bullying
elliep's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Moderate: Xenophobia, Racism, Ableism, and Animal cruelty
Minor: Genocide
quartofgoats's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
The protagonist is the very very best of humanity and forges through horrible circumstances and upfront racism with unbelievable grace and eloquence. Which, while unrealistic, was inspiring and heartening. It was also just tremendously fun. I read it in like 24 hours.
Graphic: Religious bigotry, Bullying, Classism, Genocide, Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, Colonisation, and Misogyny
Moderate: Xenophobia, Animal cruelty, Racial slurs, and War
Minor: Gun violence