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breathehopebooks's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
And i completely forgot about how historically accurate this story is in its details of Roman/Ephesian culture. It was really hard to read at times but it was very thoroughly researched, and we’ll just leave it at that…
Graphic: Violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gaslighting, Death, Abortion, Domestic abuse, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Abandonment, Confinement, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, War, and Antisemitism
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Rape, Incest, Pedophilia, Child death, Alcohol, and Alcoholism
This is Christian fiction; however, it’s meant to be more evangelical, and I would be hesitant to recommend to more reserved readers because of how intense the content is. I would definitely say it’s accurate in its atrocities and horrifying at how nonchalant many of the characters are by their actions and culture, but such was the time period. Stick around for the character growth and the relationship betweenbones_jackson's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Gore, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Blood, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Genocide, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Trafficking, Xenophobia, Eating disorder, Grief, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Deportation, Infidelity, Toxic friendship, Hate crime, Murder, War, Terminal illness, and Violence
Moderate: Rape
andiapfel's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Slavery
Moderate: Abortion and Violence
Minor: Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, and Animal death
shroomy's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Trafficking, Slavery, Murder, and Antisemitism
Moderate: Rape and Xenophobia
Minor: Sexual assault