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myplaincheerios's review
adventurous
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? Yes
3.25
It was okay. I was really excited about a queer retelling of repunzel, but it was barely repunzel —the only thing that was the same was being locked in a tower and having long hair. it was an easy listen on my way to work, and it did grab me at some points but lost me a lot because of the many internal monologues, info-dumping lore, and I didn’t really connect with the characters at all. If the story was more fleshed out and more of showing not telling, it could have been great. It also reads not as a YA, but more for an 8th grader let’s say. I did enjoy the ending though, and would have appreciated a “few years later” epilogue kinda deal.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Gore, Confinement, and Emotional abuse
vixenreader's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Repetition of themes and plot points, and hammering home said themes and plot points are the book’s weakness, but the central characters, romance, and immense folklore and imagination make up for the novel’s shortcomings.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, Confinement, Violence, Grief, Abandonment, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Animal death, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Medical content, Sexism, Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, Cannibalism, Gore, and Kidnapping
Minor: Slavery, Ableism, and War
There is also destruction of nature, people being chained and imprisoned, and abusive mother-daughter dynamics.
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