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maithaalfalasi's review against another edition
Graphic: Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Alcohol
Minor: Animal death and Infertility
revolution666's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Classism
Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Infertility, Infidelity, Sexism, Blood, Medical content, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
maeverose's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
3.25
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‘The gender of the Fool has been disputed. When directly questioned on this matter by a younger and more forward person than I am now, the Fool replied that it was no one's business but his own.’ — You tell ‘em. (I say, as I’ve decided that he’s transmasc non binary..)
A Note
I was gonna include a whole rant about the never corrected ableism but decided I was being over dramatic so I’ll spare you. I just find it annoying that people only ever seem to care about ‘time period accuracy’ (being as this is clearly based on medieval times) when it allows them to treat their marginalized characters poorly. I know this was written 30 years ago but still. It irked me.
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Murder
Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Confinement, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Racism, Rape, Slavery, and Pregnancy
Graphic: poisoning, telepathic mind rape, mental loss of self (becoming zombie-like), drowning, in one scene a dog is in a lot of pain and distress due to a bone stuck in its throat. Fitz removes it and the dog is fine, but the scene is very graphic. Moderate: self hatred, suicide baiting, eugenicshwright93'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? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, and Abandonment
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Infertility, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
nicola4e'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
3.75
Graphic: Animal death, Violence, and Abandonment
Moderate: Death
Minor: Infertility
angstifies's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Violence
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Cursing, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent
studiolindsay's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death
Moderate: Gore, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence
Minor: Infertility
kaziaroo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I found the first fifty or so pages of this book hard going, but once I got into it and stopped looking so hard for the plot, and Fitz grew older, I really enjoyed it. By the halfway point I was invested in the characters which made the "main" conflict all the more satisfying. But really the story is about Fitz's loneliness and desperation to find acceptance and an end to the loneliness that overshadows his whole life, as well as the varied characters he encounters along his journey. I'll definitely try and get hold of the sequels.
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Drug use, Infidelity, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Infertility, Excrement, Vomit, and War
m_________'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I really enjoyed this book and am certainly looking forward to continuing the series. I liked how Fitz's role as an assassin isn't quite what I've seen from other fantasy assassins, he's trained to be a lot more political and subtle. The book definitely has some hard hitting themes about loneliness, trauma, and living with trauma and I am also intrigued by certain side characters, and I already really love Fitz, of course.
Major CW for animal deaths.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Grief, and Abandonment
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail
grets_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Bullying, Physical abuse, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Infertility, Rape, and Grief