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The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

14 reviews

anneroza's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

A+ worldbuilding. Amazing characters. Wonderful story. One of my new favorite books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Xenophobia, War, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Child death, Incest, Racism, Medical content, and Sexual content

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Incest, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Torture

fiveredhens's review against another edition

adventurous challenging slow-paced

• 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? No

2.75

favorite quotes:

"This Jannart—the man you loved,"
she said, looking him dead in the eye. "Do you think he would want you to give up, or carry on?"

"I don't want to carry on! Do you not understand? Does nobody in this world understand, damn you? ls no one else haunted?" A quiver of wrath entered his voice. "Everything I did—everything I was—everything I am, is because of him. He was someone before me. I am no one without him. I am tired of living without him at my side. He left me for that book and, by the Saint, I resent him for it. I resent him every minute of every day."

i liked the setting and characters but imo it was badly underedited and i didn't feel like the final battle had any stakes :( the characters had

defeated the odds

so many times that the outcome was obvious and reading what i already knew became a chore

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Dementia, Gore, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Vomit, War, and Xenophobia

dancers_and_dragons's review

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

An epic of a book where the very balance of the world is changing, Priory of the Orange Tree tells the story of several main characters whose fates are intertwined. Samantha Shannon does a masterful job of weaving threads that are joined to others later, forming a wide tapestry of fantasy kingdoms and powers who realize the flaws in their morality, and that nothing is truly black and white. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Death, Colonisation, and Blood

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Terminal illness, War, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Gaslighting, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

Fantasy Racism that is explored and challenged, fantasy religious bigotry that is explored and challenged, brief and non-graphic sexual content description in two scenes, with fade to black elsewhere

aegireads's review

adventurous hopeful tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Homophobia