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queenfury's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
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? Yes
5.0
"Growth isn't a deviation from what we've done before, but a natural progression to honor all those who make this community strong."
I cried, like, six times.
I cried, like, six times.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Blood, Transphobia, and Deadnaming
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, and Violence
Minor: Xenophobia, Police brutality, Child abuse, and Confinement
bencaroline's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Death, and Grief
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, and Transphobia
Minor: Kidnapping, Medical content, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Trafficking, Xenophobia, and Deadnaming
"Terminal illness" is a good approximation for the magical condition of this world where one can temporarily continue 'living' as a ghost-type spirit. Treated extremely compassionately in the text. I am editing this after looking at the other content warnings; I would contend that the transphobia in this book is moderate at most. To me (a trans person), this is first and foremost a book about trans joy--no that that would negate extreme transphobia, but to me the depictions of trans acceptance and euphoria are WAY more present in the book than the negative bits, and I want to say that. There are no graphic depictions of transphobic violence, and iirc only brief descriptions of familial rejection or bigotry; Yadriel's family/community has a lot of latent transphobia, BUT, they seem to be working towards embracing his identity.
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