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kristinas_booksncats's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Sexual harassment and Bullying
Moderate: Sexual content
booksbutmakeitgay's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Classism, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
natashaleighton_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Death, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, Grief, Child abuse, Mental illness, and Bullying
Minor: Child death
lovelymisanthrope's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
"The Last Tale of the Flower Bride" follows a man who believes in fairy tales and his beautifully mysterious wife, Indigo. They believed they would have their happily ever after, as long as Indigo's Groom promised to never pry into her dark and elusive past. When they are forced to return to her childhood home, the lure of learning more about Indigo is too much, and he starts to investigate what Indigo is hiding, and what happened to her childhood best friend, Azure.
This book is beautifully written to be both hauntingly gothic and atmospheric. My favorite chapters were from Azure's perspective from when she and Indigo were young. Their magic and fairy games were so elaborate and the world they created was vivid and entertaining to read about.
Indigo is a highly unlikable character, in my opinion. She is a bully and manipulates those around her so that she can have the things she wants most. There are some scenes with Indigo, Azure, and a girl who just wants to be friends with them, and Indigo takes her eagerness to please the duo too far. Indigo is the epitome of a toxic friend, and it took Azure too long in my opinion to start to poke holes in Indigo's motives. I know they were young, but Azure and everyone else deserved better. Having an unlikely main character is always risky in my opinion, and in this case it slightly hindered my enjoyment of the story.
I think it is interesting to learn the stories of Indigo's and Azure's childhoods as her groom is uncovering the secrets of the house in the present, however, reading from his perspective was not my favorite. I felt like he was a flat character and did not add much to the story. Additionally, his motivation for snooping (trying to see his brother again) did not feel urgent or authentic enough to me.
Overall, this book was slightly higher than middle of the road for me. I am intrigued, and I am interested to pick up more from Roshani Chokshi in the future.
Graphic: Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Bullying
Moderate: Death and Child death
Minor: Domestic abuse and Pedophilia
scarlett_f's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Confinement, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness
Minor: Blood, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Child death, Animal death, Grief, Gun violence, Child abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, and Stalking
With a flower bride comes flowery language.aileron's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Pedophilia, Toxic friendship, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Blood and Gore
Minor: Death
just_one_more_paige's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Child death, Death, Sexual harassment, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Mental illness, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, and Child abuse
Minor: Alcohol
lowwi_owo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Pedophilia, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, and Sexual harassment
armstrongangela83's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Pedophilia
Moderate: Bullying
saliwali's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Grief, Child death, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Bullying, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcohol, Mental illness, and Domestic abuse
Minor: Death of parent, Suicide attempt, and Medical content