Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan

34 reviews

morvvenna's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Classism, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, and War

Minor: Torture and Pregnancy

lanid's review

adventurous

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Body horror, Gore, Violence, Bullying, Classism, and Xenophobia

mpbookreviews's review

adventurous emotional reflective 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

Moderate: Violence, Abandonment, Blood, Confinement, Classism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, and War

rnbhargava's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

• 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? It's complicated

3.75

This book is a very fun and emotional adventure. My biggest gripe with the book is that the protagonist has the most abundant plot armor around, even in situations that should be seriously harming toward her. Minor quibble I guess for essentially a chosen one type fantasy action adventure.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Classism, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, and Vomit

There is violence throughout this story but the characters are immortals so that can undercut some of the tension a tiny bit. The author specifically has to write in that something is limiting their natural resilience but then there are healing magics to help characters recover. It leads to more emotional tension when paired with the action. I quite liked this novel and will read the follow up. That said the protagonist’s plot armor is abundant and strong. If that bothers you perhaps stay away. It’s a fun mythological adventure otherwise

kbairbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

This was a whirlwind. A wild ride. I listened to this as an audiobook at the same time that I read it in physical and I noted some… changes. I don’t know if the audiobook narrator was given an unfinished copy of this book to narrate or what but my copy did not have ableist language that hers did. I’m grateful mine didn’t but at the same time it was rather disconcerting to hear these ableist and noticeably different sentences than what I had in front of my eyes. Story wise I enjoyed it. It was really interesting seeing the growth and years pass for the main character and the traitor was not who I expected. There was a lot of romantic back and forth and a lot of angst. Nearing the end there was so much going on I was confused about the storyline. It felt like the author was throwing shit in there just for the sake of adding trials but when it all added up I totally understood. Also this author is very good at making villains and Liwei is such a cinnamon roll!! Excited for book two

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Alcohol, Blood, Classism, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, Toxic friendship, Violence, Vomit, and War

Minor: Ableism

tbose22's review

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

Leans YA, found the writing very repetitive at times but enjoyed the story overall. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Confinement and Classism

Minor: Bullying, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, and Kidnapping

maren_hemsath's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Kidnapping, War, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Bullying and Grief

Minor: Death of parent, Classism, and Sexual assault

solenekeleroux's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Classism, Kidnapping, Violence, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault, Torture, Death of parent, and Grief

rensreading's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

that was such a ride!! truly brilliant for a debut novel. i honestly can’t wait until i get my hands on the sequel coming out this year. whoever the illustrator is for these covers deserves a raise too. their artwork is absolutely stunning!

i really adored these characters. something about

wenzhi

gave me the heebie jeebies from the first instance where he and xingyin interact. i don’t really think he loves her like he claims to, he wants to possess her like she’s some sort of prize instead of a real person, yknow? now

liwei

, i had my reservations about but i was really rooting for them. their friendship was everything i wanted to see. their first parting left me as heartbroken as xingyin but i knew they weren’t truly over. and then

wenzhi

started acting super fcking weird

and i just knew™️

he kept saying that he knew she was strong and could take care of herself, but also kept treating her like a damsel in distress too so i just immediately clocked him as a big old N-O, NO!

xingyin and liwei’s relationship really sold the deal for me. whether as friends or lovers, i adored them together. they would give up life and limb for one another bc they truly love each other. a kind of love where they give and do not expect anything back in return. when you’re both givers, taking also comes along for the ride which balances the relationship out. they absolutely are not a perfect couple but that’s exactly why i liked them so much. they were friends first

(though im of the opinion that liwei was taken with xingyin from the moment they met)

and lovers second. if one was in danger, there was no question about whether the other would come to their aid. even with

liwei’s engagement to a princess and xingyin doing her best to forget they were lovers,

their friendship was still intimate enough to raise brows. their chemistry was undeniable and the care they have for each other is heartwarming as well. i really hope they get their HEA once this duology is finished.

the descriptions were to die for. the plot was well thought out with only a few hiccups here and there. the characterization was a bit lacking, especially concerning xingyin, but it wasn’t horrendous either. she felt a bit like a mary sue, but not in a bad way, just a “gee-i-wish-she-didnt-have-an-unknown-hidden-talent” kind of way. she definitely struggled to make her way in certain areas but in others it just felt a bit too easy. tan’s voice was also constant throughout the novel with only a few instances where things felt off or bland for whatever reason. it’s very clear that tan spent a lot of time and effort on this novel and i truly cannot fault her in any way for that.

this novel wasnt perfect but i love it so much that i’ll give it it’s well deserved 4.5 stars anyway (:

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death, Violence, War, Alcohol, Confinement, Cursing, Grief, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, and Torture

Moderate: Sexual assault and Death of parent

Minor: Pregnancy, Infertility, and Vomit

the sexual assault is attempted in part three and never explicitly stated the assaulter had that intention, so it’s all in the context clues. the infertility concerns

chang’e and the fact she took the immortality elixir to save her and xingyin’s bc they were at risk due to the pregnancy

, so it isn’t graphic and mentioned in passing enough to give it a tag.

szuum's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Confinement, Violence, Bullying, Death, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Death of parent