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megan_martha_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Genocide, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, War, Child abuse, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Blood, Death, Murder, Hate crime, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Gore, Physical abuse, Classism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture
rachelal's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Violence, Slavery, and Murder
Moderate: Sexual assault
kbergsten's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence
stubbornlybookish's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Graphic: Genocide, Rape, Murder, Gore, Slavery, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Racism, and Death
ehmannky's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Blood, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, and Colonisation
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Alcoholism and Pedophilia
booksthatburn's review
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I'm frankly stunned by this book. I spent 80% of the book confident that I understood everything at stake, everyone involved... then the last part of the book just blew me away. I wasn't precisely wrong about the pieces, just very wrong about which ones were important. And that, I think, is part of the point. Sigourney spends much of the book chasing a prize which the others in power seek to deny her based on the color of her skin, wielding her own power often against the enslaved people on the island. The book conveys this tension so well and so subtly that it floors me.
The characters are complex and vivid, even filtered through the myopic lens of Sigourney's assumptions about them as the POV character. Her attention (or lack of it) is carefully managed by the author, she's not an unreliable narrator, per-say, but she is torn between competing drives and old promises. The world-building is really good, there's a lot of language specific to this book, particularly describing social relationships on the islands, but its introduced at a pace that was easy to keep up with.
Graphic: Death, Torture, and Slavery
Moderate: Sexual assault
CW for slavery, murder, torture, sexual assault.