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“This is a love story to its blade-dented bone.”
If this book is what 5/5 is for me then I may need to reevaluate every other rating I’ve given. While it took me several months to get back and finish this book, I can’t even remember why I paused reading in the first place. The Spear Cuts Through Water is such a vivid and lush story. We follow Jun and Keema along in this tragically violent, beautiful, mysterious, and magical world. But it’s also a moving picture of repressed desire, queerness, and disability. Truly, truly gorgeous. That ending had silent tears running down my cheeks. I think Jimenez may have written what will one day be known as a fantasy classic.
Note: This is likely a difficult read if you are inexperienced with a second person narrative or frequent narrative switching. The audiobook is GREAT and I highly recommend it. But I think having an ebook or physical copy to follow along with is a good idea.
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Cannibalism, Murder, Abandonment, War
Moderate: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts
Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Alcoholism, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Grief, Alcohol
Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Cannibalism
Moderate: Death, Gore, Violence, Grief, Death of parent
Minor: Sexual violence
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: Body horror, Death, Violence, Cannibalism, War
Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Xenophobia
Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, War
Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Police brutality, Abandonment
Minor: Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping
Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Death of parent
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War
Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Vomit, Sexual harassment
Graphic: Ableism, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Cannibalism, War