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justmys'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? It's complicated
4.75
The book touches upon a myriad of different cultures and lives, exploring their differences and similarities and finding what joins us together in the face of a fight that needs to be won.
You can feel the fire in these pages, it's so beautifully written and feels rooted in history, despite the fiction and magic. It weaves between the marginalised and the long suffering, bringing in LGBTQ+ topics, race inequality, social standing and sex, and it does so with such genuine care and love it's beautiful to read.
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, and Sexism
schnaucl'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? No
5.0
It's a book that's full of women's rage and the subtle ways they have to hide their power to pass things down through the generations and the never ending cycle of women gaining a measure of power only to have it nearly all taken from them. But still they endure.
I appreciated the effort to bring in words and ways from other cultures, both contemporary and historical, and the focus on the fact that progress will eventually cause a reactionary backlash which will fall hardest on the most marginalized.
Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Grief, Abortion, and Injury/Injury detail
sneakysnam's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Lesbophobia, and Colonisation
Minor: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment
del_phinium's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Misogyny
julianimal's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Cursing, Homophobia, Racism, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, and Murder
Minor: Blood and Abortion
_teoeo'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
Please look at the trigger and content warnings before reading it, because it really was a lot sometimes.
Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Torture, Transphobia, and Kidnapping
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Slavery
bookishaddictions's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, and Murder
breadwitchery'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: Racism, Sexism, Torture, Religious bigotry, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Outing
Minor: Animal death, Transphobia, and Alcohol
njlbo1's review against another edition
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Racism and Sexism
Moderate: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Abortion
gmalmquist'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: Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Abortion, Death of parent, and Abandonment