Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Extasia by Claire Legrand

3 reviews

archaicrobin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

I was a little weary after hearing this was YA because every YA I read usually ends up being some cliche love triangle filled with tropes, so I was happily surprised when Extasia was so visceral and original. 

Set in a misogynistic utopia of the future called Haven, Amity is a devout follower of God, even allowing herself to be beaten weakly to atone for her womanly sins. However, once she stumbles upon a coven in the woods and her own powers, Amity starts to realize that everything she once believed is a lie. 

Extasia does not shy away from the horror in Haven, and at times I had to remind myself that yes even though I just read about someone’s bones being snapped in half this is a YA book! It was genuinely eerie and disturbing, and the characters were not only lovable but diverse! So much representation in this book, and it’s done so well. 

I highly recommend this one! Only reason I gave it 4 instead of 5 stars, is because towards the end the story tends to drag on and I feel like it could have ended much 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gore, Grief, Misogyny, Sexism, Death, Domestic abuse, Classism, Confinement, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Body horror, Sexual violence, Violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Emotional abuse

sallysimply's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense

• Loveable characters? No

3.5

It’s The Grace Year, with magic, basically. Which is totally fine if you love The Grace Year. And which I would have known if I had actually read the updated blurbs, so that’s on me, I suppose (I just tend to avoid blurbs if it’s an author I like).

All of this to say that I only liked this marginally better than The Grace Year, and I possibly would have liked it more if I didn’t (unintentionally) read it almost immediately after.

Go into this expecting all the content warnings you might imagine when reading misogynistic dystopia.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Cursing, and Gaslighting

dernhelms_bag's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

5.0

GUTTING-I can't wait for the finished version but loved the ARC! Zero regrets about placing a pre order every time Legrand announces a new book coming out.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Body horror, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Cannibalism, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Torture, Violence, and War

Minor: Animal death, Vomit, Sexual assault, Self harm, and Racism

RELIGIOUS TRAUMA