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sirpasta's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Suicide
Moderate: Colonisation, Death, War, Xenophobia, Violence, Slavery, Murder, Drug use, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, and Torture
Minor: Child abuse, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Sexual violence, Confinement, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, and Cannibalism
chemicallykat's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexism, War, and Violence
Moderate: Pregnancy, Torture, Misogyny, Animal death, Blood, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, and Slavery
astraeal's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Death, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Animal death, Murder, and War
Moderate: Sexual assault, Slavery, Rape, and Drug use
onthebooksel's review against another edition
5.0
I want to firstly mention that while Liu does a really good job subverting many narrative tropes - his attempt at subverting the barbarian trope with one conversation between two warring peoples about who really belongs on the land when you know that your people also settled here at some point fails because of the rape of the one character almost immediately afterwards.
Otherwise Liu proves himself to be an all around outstanding author and if you want a more in depth review I would check out Tammie’s review here:
https://goodreads.com/review/show/3723995676?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Animal death, Death, Grief, Violence, Slavery, Torture, War, Kidnapping, Rape, and Sexual assault