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Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence
Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Genocide, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Rape, Cultural appropriation
In der deutschen Übersetzung sind mir allerdings viele Schreib- und Flüchtigkeitsfehler aufgefallen sowie unreine Satzstrukturen etc. Aber das hat meiner Lesefreude keinen Abbruch getan.
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Minor: Child death, Infertility, Miscarriage
I love books that yap and info dump and this was exactly what this book was 🤭
Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Racism, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Classism
Moderate: Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment
Minor: Animal death, Child death, Vomit, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Death, Gore, Racism, Sexism
Moderate: Animal death, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Cannibalism, Alcohol
However I loved the characters and their growth and care and I enjoyed that their wasn't a trite happy ending for them because I could never believe that. Either the immigrant who fled genocide would have to give up fundamental parts of his culture or a woman would have to throw away her dreams and doing either of these would destroy the themes of the novel
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Religious bigotry
Moderate: Hate crime, Suicide attempt
Minor: Animal death, Sexual violence
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Colonisation, Classism
Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Gaslighting
Minor: Bullying, Gun violence, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Suicide, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment
Graphic: Body horror, Genocide, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Police brutality, Murder, Colonisation, Classism
Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Religious bigotry
Minor: Animal death, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment
I really struggled with whether this deserved 5 stars or not. It only barely missed the bullseye.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Blood, Religious bigotry
Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, Hate crime, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Murder, Colonisation, War, Classism
Minor: Infertility
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Genocide, Gore, Racism, Sexual assault, Violence, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Murder, War, Classism
This book got off to such a slow start for me with such an extended chapter on the workings of the magic that I honestly almost DNF'd it. I'm glad I didn't but the first couple of chapters were quite a slog with a character I really didn't like.
That said, the magic system is complex and fascinating and feels very real. The themes here are blatant and were hard to read about given the current state of the world, but I'm glad some of the bigotry was addressed on the page. In such a racist and misogynistic society I know it would've been surprising to have it not also be queerphobic but I would've loved to have seen some queer or disabled characters fighting for their place in the world too. There is only one mention of queerness and of course it's homophobic. There is also a scene involving SA that I think wasn't really needed considering how awful the perpetrator had already proven to be.
This is a dense read that tackles some extremely unpleasant topics and doesn't shy away from gruesome descriptions of death including some explicit descriptions of animal and child death so be prepared. I wish Thomil and Cara had had more chapters and I'd love to read more from either of their perspectives.
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Miscarriage, Slavery, Suicide, Medical content, Death of parent