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ellornaslibrary's review
- 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
Graphic: Grief and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Self harm, Body horror, and Death of parent
Minor: Alcohol
nekoshka's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Grief, Death, and Alcohol
Moderate: Domestic abuse
ofbooksandechos's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Death and Grief
Moderate: Alcohol and Domestic abuse
Minor: Blood
maeverose's review against another edition
3.75
The only thing that disappointed me a little bit, was that I thought Chih was non binary, but it seems all the clerics use they/them pronouns (as a sort of symbolism of giving up a part of themselves to dedicate their life to being a cleric? Maybe? It’s not explained). I can’t remember if that was explained in the first book. If so, that’s my bad for missing it, if not, I’m a bit disappointed that what I thought was representation I identified with was taken away in this book… (it’s not exactly trans rep if their pronouns have nothing to do with gender) I’ll have to re read the first one and see if it was already explained. Because if it wasn’t, that feels like queerbaiting.. I don’t believe there have been any other characters in the series that were portrayed as non binary.
Graphic: Grief and Death
Moderate: Blood, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Alcohol, Death of parent, Self harm, and Terminal illness
Minor: Violence
librarymouse'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
5.0
Graphic: Alcohol and Grief
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Violence
Minor: War
f18's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Alcohol
Minor: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, Deadnaming, and Death
misgenderingsarah984's review against another edition
- 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? No
4.0
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Death, and Death of parent
Minor: Alcohol, Blood, War, Excrement, Self harm, Transphobia, and Animal death
madradstarchild's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Terminal illness, and Death
ezwolf's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
5.0
This series is so fascinating and I love the way that the book uses stories from its characters to create the story we read. How once people are gone, its only the stories that remain.
I am pleased to have Almost Brilliant and Chih reunited. I love their dynamic and Almost Brilliant is such an interesting character and meeting her daughter was so fun! Being back at the abbey also meant that most of the characters we met had gender neutral pronouns and presentation, I think this was the most characters using they/them pronouns I've read about all in one book.
Thank you to NetGalley for making this available in exchange for an honest review!
Graphic: Grief, Death, and Violence
Moderate: Alcohol and Domestic abuse
Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Blood
uranaishi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Death of parent
Moderate: Alcohol, Grief, Animal cruelty, Violence, Physical abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Religious bigotry, Animal death, and Classism
Minor: Abandonment, Transphobia, Blood, Bullying, Dementia, Ableism, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Medical content