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chris_reads'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? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Classism, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Racism, and Self harm
Moderate: Dysphoria, Grief, Violence, Xenophobia, Animal cruelty, and Blood
Minor: Medical trauma, Alcohol, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Gun violence, and Sexism
malley's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Violence, Confinement, Animal cruelty, and Self harm
Moderate: Death, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, Racism, Confinement, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Pregnancy and Gun violence
carolined314's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Confinement, Abandonment, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Self harm, War, Xenophobia, Violence, and Racial slurs
Minor: Pregnancy
thereadinghammock'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
I went into this book with high enough expectations to have been a bit nervous. I enjoyed Once & Future Witches, and my sister had finished this book before me and praised it as having a Starless Sea vibe (while still being quite it's own book). When someone compares a book to one of your all time favorites, the worry of disappointment is high. After a bit of a slow start, I was quite pleasantly surprised with how much I enjoyed TTDOJ!
<spoilers>I nearly cried at the Scaller family reunion on the pier. My heart breaking for Yule Ian, warring with the guilt of leaving his daughter behind, against his will, but reuniting with his wife after nearly 20 years apart. With Adelaide, letting him stew in his grief for just a moment, before gesturing to January and Bad, limping their way down the dock to celebrate the family reunion they never thought was possible. I also love the open door left for us, the reader, as January reveals her story is the one she wrote for Samuel, to help him remember. And I truly hope January is able to find Jane and write her a way home too.
Graphic: Grief, Blood, Confinement, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, and Forced institutionalization
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Self harm, Gaslighting, and Classism
Minor: Misogyny, Stalking, Animal death, and Self harm
pythonesque'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? No
5.0
Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Racism, Animal cruelty, Xenophobia, and Misogyny
Moderate: Blood, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
marsh_mall0w'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
3.5
You are reading a book about a book - with the said book chapters included as interludes. Fist 50% of the story is exposition (admittedly beautiful and gut wrenching) and the slow atmospheric buildup might be better suited for an audiobook, given that only around midway the story picks up the pace.
It was very poetic, pretty, but honest and raw kind of a tale.
Graphic: Violence, Animal cruelty, Blood, Forced institutionalization, and Self harm
Moderate: Abandonment, Colonisation, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, and Classism
directorpurry'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? No
4.75
Graphic: Self harm, Blood, Xenophobia, Racism, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Kidnapping, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Animal cruelty
Moderate: Slavery
bibliowhore's review
5.0
- book within a book
- wide-eyed logophile folks with fervent longing for adventure
- escapism from the ugliness and/or banality of life by traveling through different wondrous worlds—both literally and figuratively (which im doing rn—the latter, i mean)
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Racism, Racial slurs, Gun violence, Confinement, Classism, and Injury/Injury detail
k_galloway's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Abandonment, Classism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Animal cruelty, Blood, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Trafficking, Colonisation, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Gore, Gun violence, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical content, and Medical trauma
marioosa517'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? No
4.25
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Blood, Classism, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Racism, and Self harm
Minor: Death, Stalking, War, Cursing, Body horror, Alcohol, Child abuse, Gore, Grief, Animal cruelty, and Cultural appropriation