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This Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi

34 reviews

sallytiffany's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

It was very slow and tedious and the characters were hard to relate to. However, it did have some good action at the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Body horror, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

dancing_on_ur_muml0l's review

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

there is no fucking way Iblees is responsible for all of this. nobody can convince me the traitorous two faced bitch isn't Hazan. Think about it. He's friends with Kamran and basically a friend to Alizeh because he's serving her, but he doesn't tell Alizeh what she wants to know when she needs to know and refuses to communicate to Kamran about why he acts like he's holding a secret from him. He's dissatisfying both of the main characters, and in Iblees' poem he says " Two have a friend who is foe to all". Two people!! have the same friend!! who do they both have in common? Hazan! The devil didn't even visit Kamran once or talk to him at all, while Alizeh gets a visit from him once a month, so it can't be him. and in the poem Iblees also says "Always the jester will interfere, for there cannot be three sovereigns here." Imho the jester symbolises the man who is subject to service of the royal, aka Kamran and Alizeh. He is serving Alizeh to help her escape and he is serving Kamran as his minister. He was trying to get Alizeh out of the castle to escape, but didn't even tell her what she needed to know. Hazan walked off with Kamran before Alizeh could get Hazan alone after he discovered her and Kamran together and alone. bam. It's Hazan, not Iblees. I will not believe any other opinions respectfully.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Murder

if Alizeh actually marries Cyprus in the next book I don't care who owns the book I will throw it against the wall and set it on fire

mynotsolittlelibrary's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring tense slow-paced

While the pacing if this book is slow  it is so incredibly imersive you don't realise it. You're so wrapped up in the characters and their intense emotions you want every scene to last just a little longer!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Xenophobia, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Classism

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

sydneyluxford's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This took me much longer to read than I thought, but I have the flu to blame for that. I literally went a week without reading. 

Anyway, this is arguably the best book I have ever read. The prose in this book was unlike any other. Like, damn, since when were we so formal. 

Love, love, love Alizeh. She was such an amazing main character and, I can’t lie, her plan of staying low as a snoda servant is smart because who is going to think a servant can take down five grown men trying to ambush her?????? I definitely didn’t. Also, I just know she’s so fine.

When Kamran broke into her room and she held a blade to his neck, wearing nothing but a corset 🫣.

BRO, KAMRAN. I NEED ME A MAN LIKE HIM. I need me a man that’ll fetch me the moon because he hates to see me cry 😪. Never has a character radiated BDE like Kamran does. I had to take breaks when reading the scenes between him and Alizeh because they would literally make me blush so much. It’s so bad 

THE ENDING?????? Kamran please save my girl Alizeh from the shackles of Cyrus. I can’t believe he just appeared out of nowhere and basically kidnapped her so they could get married. KAMRAN HELP.

 

I don’t think I can wait until February next year for the second book. Tahereh Mafi can’t just end the book like that and expect me to be okay??????? I NEED ANSWERS.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Medical content, Death of parent, and War

kommatator's review

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

beautifulpaxielreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Sexism, and Blood

Minor: Genocide, Cultural appropriation, and War

bookcaptivated's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Gore, Colonisation, and Classism

cc0906's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• 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

This book was outstanding. Certainly one of the most beautifully written fantasy novels I've ever read, and the story was incredibly compelling. I loved Alizeh's resiliency and her ability to see the beauty in life despite her heartbreaking past (and present).

I've read several series that included Jinns but always from a villain perspective. This book is the singular exception. The tie-in with other aspects of Persian mythology was fascinating and I cannot wait to continue reading more of this series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Blood, War, and Classism

tea_rea's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Child death and Sexism

Minor: Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and War

mypatronusisajedi's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Slavery, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fire/Fire injury