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Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Grief, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma
Moderate: Addiction, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, War
Minor: Torture, Suicide attempt
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent
Minor: Terminal illness
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Confinement
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Racism, Rape
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, War
Personally, I LOVED it, and was hooked from the start.
It explores so many amazing themes of sexism, family, love, guilt, war and grief, and its all done so beautifully. I really enjoyed the anger that Zetian has towards men, and her platonic adoration for women and their strength.
I LOVE her quote:
"He does not get to make me a statistic."
As I survivor of sexual assault, that really hit home with me. When I read for the first time I stopped, put down the book and immediately wrote it out and put it up on my wall. It's just so powerful.
It is a very dark book, and if you are someone with poor mental health or easily triggered by anything you see in the content warnings below, I possibly wouldn't recommend this to you.
I love how this book speaks about the stereotype that being strong means to hide emotions, be distrustful and not love, especially for women. Women who publicly show fear, love, sadness or really any strong emotion are labelled as 'weak', when really they are the strong ones, for having the courage to show that much openness publicly.
This book is definitely a must-read, and I'm really looking forward to the sequel.
The characters are loveable, the premise is exciting and interesting and the plot is so full of twists and turns that you are always on the edge of your seat.
It's a really wonderful mashup of science fiction, dystopian future, Chinese mythology and action.
Please read this
Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Confinement, War, Classism
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This was an excellent re-read. I loved it. This is one of the books that got me excited about reading in 2022.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️-April 2022
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I loved this book.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Misogyny, Violence
Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture
Minor: Rape, Sexism, Murder
Graphic: Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts
CAWPILE = 9.07
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Genocide, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Murder, Colonisation, War
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Pregnancy