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Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, Classism
Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Cannibalism, Sexual harassment, War
Minor: Alcoholism
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder
Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail
Someone in the club referred to it as a dream within a play within a myth, and that's the best I can describe it. The writing is fantastic, the mythology raw, and the romance subtle and beautiful. I love the chorus elements. I love the weave of the different narratives. I loved this book. It took me a long while to get through because it really required my whole attention to read which is a hard for me to do these days, but boy is it worth it.
If you're in need to trigger warnings, I'd take the ones on this book with a grain of salt. While they are all definitely true, the book is rarely graphic and only one scene actually disturbed me (looking at you, Second Terror).
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Kidnapping, Colonisation
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Cannibalism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Cannibalism, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing
Much like the book will soon show you, prospective reader, this book benefits from the contextual lives of its audience. Many times will this book call upon experiences that may or may not ring familiar to you. Many times will this book call upon you to open yourself to it, like a proverbial elder calling upon you to listen to their tale, and to listen close.
Its prose is wonderfully vivid, yet it maintains a dreamlike air. Its descriptions are haunting, mystifying, and nauseating. It cuts you deep with emotion, makes you cringe with its brutality, and you will find yourself yearning for hope in its darkest moments.
It is a tale that needed to be told for those who are willing to listen.
Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, Cannibalism, Classism
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Excrement
Minor: Sexual assault, Suicide