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babs_books's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Murder
Minor: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, and Slavery
discarded_dust_jacket's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.75
Despite having so many elements that I typically enjoy in a story—the found family, the endearing and quirky characters, the grown protagonists, the gentle romance element, the dark fairytale subject matter—I was struggling to push through the entire time I was reading. I’m not sure if it was just the slow pacing but I could not force myself at any point to be invested in what was going on.
I don’t think it was poorly written at all, I simply think it wasn’t for me.
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Grief, and Blood
Moderate: Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, and Physical abuse
Minor: Cannibalism and Animal death
hereticly's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Miscarriage, and Grief
Moderate: Murder
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
f you have severe tokophobia (like me), just know (forced) pregnancy, miscarriages and similar subjects are highly present in this book.nieva098's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Death, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Confinement, Torture, and Child death
robin_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Death, Miscarriage, and Animal death
Moderate: Slavery, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
bohemianhermit04's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Grief, Miscarriage, and Physical abuse
Minor: Murder, Misogyny, Animal death, Miscarriage, Cannibalism, and Child death
twistykris'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? No
4.5
The world-building was fantastic and it felt like every character was truly fleshed out. The dust-wife was just an absolutely grumpy gem that I adored and her demon chicken made me laugh out loud multiple times (though I wish we could have seen more of what the demon chicken could do and how she came to have a demon inside of her). Marra was a great character, though sometimes her self-doubt got to be a little grating; it felt like every chapter had her inner thoughts of "I can't do this, I'm making a mistake, this is a dumb idea, these people don't want to help me." I understand it to an extent, but it just felt whiny at times.
Not exactly a page-turner at certain points- some of the pacing was a little off for me and it felt like it jumped from plot point to plot point in a weird manner that I only realized later on that it's meant to read like a fairy tale (which makes sense, I feel silly for not recognizing it earlier). Overall a very enjoyable read!
Graphic: Pregnancy, Death, Miscarriage, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Abortion, Child death, Grief, Infertility, Medical content, and Misogyny
Minor: Cannibalism and Injury/Injury detail
wrensreadingroom's review against another edition
5.0
Minor: Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Infidelity, Misogyny, Infertility, Medical content, Miscarriage, Murder, Sexual content, Confinement, Death, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Vomit
notthatlibrarian's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Misogyny and Grief
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Misogyny
Minor: Cannibalism, Confinement, Sexual violence, and Abortion
eni_iilorak's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Body horror, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Violence, Physical abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Animal death, Death, Misogyny, and Trafficking
Moderate: Confinement, Cannibalism, Grief, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt
Minor: War and Torture