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Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Misogyny, Sexual assault
Moderate: Self harm, Suicide
Graphic: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Self harm, Suicide, Alcohol
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Suicide
- Women looking for a feminist fairy tale
- Those who love fairy tale reconstructions
- Those who want all that plus dragons and castles
CW: Blood, injury, suicide, sexual assault, sexual content, rape, toxic relationships, misogyny, sexism, emotional abuse, violence, domestic abuse, physical abuse, gaslighting, animal cruelty, animal death, death, death of parent, eating disorder, classism, pregnancy, kidnapping
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Self harm, Suicide, Kidnapping, Pregnancy
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual harassment
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Violence
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment
This is an extended, decently layered metaphor for a bunch of things related to sexism, misogyny, and ideas of cis women in relation to cis men. Given the particulars of the Ama's characterization, it feels like she's someone who isn't a cis woman but is being forced to behave as though she is. That is literally what's happening, in one sense, but I can't tell whether the book is engaging with ideas of queerness or if this very long metaphor for a woman's role in relation to men is missing ideas of queerness entirely. In one very important sense, Ama is not a woman, is not attracted to men (or at least is not attracted to Emory), and is being made to behave as if she is a woman who likes men. She must fulfill her role in order to support Emory in his role, where that someone does what she is told to do is essential, but the very fact of her being the one to do it is completely irrelevant. Her station matters but her personhood does not, as far as everyone around her is concerned.
In order to save her wildcat's life from her king's wrath, Ama must tame her, removing those qualities which make Sorrorow (the wildcat) so fierce and vibrant. The more Ama learns what is and will be required of her, the more she tries to find a way out, some other option which will let her be happy.
I like the audiobook narrator, this was a good performance which helped the story flow easily. My favorite part is Ama's project towards the end of the story.
There are some pretty explicit discussions of sex but they use antiquated terms for everything, in keeping with the vaguely medieval setting. I was able to guess the ending reveal ahead of time. Part of that is the way it's coy but not subtle. At the end my reaction is kind of meh. I liked it, but its bluntness meant I wasn't waiting to find out happened. Instead I was waiting for it to get where I already knew it was going. That can be fun, but I thought it would have more to it in the end.
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Pregnancy
Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail