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The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry by C.M. Waggoner

16 reviews

dealingwithdragons's review

adventurous funny mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Drug abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Medical content, Murder, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Cursing, and Death

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, Bullying, and Classism

Minor: Infertility

asphodelashes's review

lighthearted 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Addiction

Moderate: Animal death, Death, and Vomit

Minor: Sexual content and Suicide

toopunkrockforshul's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Gore, Murder, and Addiction

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicide, and Medical content

callmekt's review

adventurous funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

This book is similar to the European Renaissance-esque YA novels of my adolescence, with a resourceful and clever protagonist and lovable dolt of a love interest. Except there's hard drugs and casual sex so this is definitely a grown up book. Very much recommend to others. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Drug abuse, and Medical content

Minor: Sexual content and Kidnapping

jamie_reads_stuff's review

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

The pacing was super weird, but enjoyed the characters and world building overall

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Vomit, Abandonment, Violence, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Sexual content, Outing, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, and Confinement

bookishlybrianna's review

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The Ruthless Lady’s Guide to Wizardry has so much style it hardly knows how to contain itself. The writing is tight and witty, at times making it feel as though the banter is between the reader and the book and not contained to the characters. The story is compelling, too, weaving worldbuilding in naturally and incrementally so as to not drag the story down in exposition. Clever quips and cleverer story craft surround Delly; Winn, the part-troll woman Delly’s hoping to woo; Abstensia, the stiff academy-trained wizard; and a whole “merry band of female catastrophes.” The cadence, tempo, and Delly’s sense of self-expression made me love this book. And I haven’t even mentioned the skeletal, back-from-the-dead mouse Buttons that goes “Bong” to the shuddering horror of those within earshot. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism and Drug use

Minor: Sexual content