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Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Blood
Minor: Confinement, Death, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Rape, Slavery
Moderate: Death, Violence, Blood
Minor: Rape, Injury/Injury detail
*SPOILERS AHEAD*
As much as I love this book and understand the reasoning behind it, I will never, never, EVER forgive Sarah for what she did to Nehemia. I know why it had to happen, but that doesn't make it hurt any less.
Overall, I think I enjoyed Crown of Midnight just as much this time as I did the first time, even though I was dreading rereading the events of that cursed night.
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail
Shit went DOWN. So much lovingly crafted character building, story revelations. I love how this book is paced. Once I got about halfway through, I couldn't put it down anymore. I cannot wait to see how this continues in Heir of Fire.
Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, Blood, Grief, War
Moderate: Slavery, Colonisation, Classism
Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, Death of parent
Graphic: Gore, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder
Minor: Rape
Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Genocide, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Murder
Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Violence, Vomit, War
I'll say it now; I don't really get all the shade people throw at Chaol. No, he isn't my favourite character, but I get the sense that he genuinely just wants to do the right thing for his country, himself and his friends. He may not always achieve the desired result, but it's not him being malicious, it's just how he's wired. The audiobook for me only reinforces this view.
I appreciate that the 'reveal' in this doesn't come as a surprise to me as this was a reread, but if it was I think I'd have had a bigger reaction to it by reading the physical book. The narration is as good as ever, but there's just something about this section that falls a bit flat for me - it doesn't give me that heightened heartbeat or that build up and crash of a wave that should come from a big moment.
In accordance with SJM's instructions, Assassin's Blade is up next.
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Rape, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, War
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Kidnapping
Minor: Rape, Slavery, Torture, Suicide attempt, Death of parent