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The Autobiography of a Traitor and a Half-Savage by Alix E. Harrow

blankpagepanic's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

svenja15's review against another edition

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dark tense fast-paced

3.5

lsparrow's review against another edition

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4.0

a short but powerful story with so many layers, of identity, colonization, and the fight for freedom. one to read again.

sbowlin's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

macmower's review

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

sailormarz's review

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adventurous dark hopeful mysterious sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

eferisman's review

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4.0

I looked out at the shifting land and thought to it, Run wild, my love.
And the world came unsewn.  

ash_is_reading's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced
  • 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

fenchurch's review

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5.0

Heartbreaking.

I write about the vast mauve-shadowed canyons that appear only at dusk, about the nameless animals that leave behind golden scales and silver feathers, about the stars that shift their pearled patterns every night. Those pages I burn in the evenings, translating them into the cryptic language of ash and char.
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And, in the end, to be granted a lonely grace. To be freed, and know the cost of it.

ellyrarg's review against another edition

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4.0

What a breath of fresh air this was. Too short, I wish there was more. But it was heart wrenching and you’re easily drawn in (which is what all stories really aspire to do, have you walk with their characters as they wander into conflict and puzzles and break free again, growing and changing and becoming something else). Loved the wild land, cried at Iras gift. Hated Clayton, as appropriate. Wish there was more of this to devour.