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typedtruths's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
▷ Representation: Japanese cast & setting; fat protagonist.
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Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Alcohol, Violence, and Fatphobia
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Gun violence
➸ Trigger warnings for fatphobia and body-shaming, alcohol consumption (multiple on-page scenes), a secondary character is dying of leprosy with some mentions of his symptoms including loss of fingers and teeth, graphic, on-page fight scenes, including battle scenes/raids, destruction and pillaging of villages, hand-to-hand combat, and gun- & sword violence, murder by gunshot, poisoning, and stabbing (on page), attempted murder by strangulation, and main character death (on-page).connorjdaley's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I was gifted a copy of the audiobook narrated by Kim Bretton to judge for the Indie Ink Awards for Best Audio Narration. Sad I don’t own it now because the cover is too damn good.
This was amazing. You get sucked right into a world utterly different from ours. It makes you want to know more and more. It’s transformative with action that lights up visually. The world is very Asian inspired. Kind of like ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’-esque with the action styling. But with vengeful reanimated spirits throughout!
The author does a great job with a group of completely different characters. They do learn and grow, but they are also so definitely themselves through the story. My favorite is ‘The Whispering Blade’, Itami Cho. Her character has personality and purpose and she was such a cool fighter.
The narration is absolutely top notch. The narrator’s accent and voices are perfect for the distinct characters she’s bringing to life. You can tell who’s talking right by the voice she’s doing and that’s pretty unique. I would 10/10 recommend going the audio route.
Personally a 5/5*. I need more. And again, I’m really loving this new age run of short fantasy books!
This was amazing. You get sucked right into a world utterly different from ours. It makes you want to know more and more. It’s transformative with action that lights up visually. The world is very Asian inspired. Kind of like ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’-esque with the action styling. But with vengeful reanimated spirits throughout!
The author does a great job with a group of completely different characters. They do learn and grow, but they are also so definitely themselves through the story. My favorite is ‘The Whispering Blade’, Itami Cho. Her character has personality and purpose and she was such a cool fighter.
The narration is absolutely top notch. The narrator’s accent and voices are perfect for the distinct characters she’s bringing to life. You can tell who’s talking right by the voice she’s doing and that’s pretty unique. I would 10/10 recommend going the audio route.
Personally a 5/5*. I need more. And again, I’m really loving this new age run of short fantasy books!
Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Violence, Death, Murder, and War
lmtproud's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Moderate: Blood, Death, Gore, and Violence
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