Reviews tagging 'Classism'

The Missing of Clairdelune by Christelle Dabos

8 reviews

friendly_neighborhood_grandma's review against another edition

This is an incredibly intricate world and it is fascinating. It did take me a while to get through this one but i probably will listen to the next one. This contains a lot of murder and brutality just be aware. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Blood, Body horror, Classism, Confinement, Medical content, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Dementia, Child abuse, Death, Abandonment, Torture, Alcohol, Murder, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Police brutality, and Violence

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Self harm, Suicide, Child death, Misogyny, and Suicidal thoughts

kkshaye's review

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, and Stalking

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, Classism, and Blood

Minor: Pregnancy, Suicide, and Torture

jstilts's review

adventurous mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• 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? It's complicated

4.5

Considering this is the second book in a series and absolutely does not stand on it's own, I'm surprised to find myself enjoying it even more than the first, which isn't like me at all!

Whereas the first book struck me as a Jane Austen novel gone deliciously wrong with a streak of somewhat unnecessary fantasy trappings to give it pizzazz, this continuation of the story leans much more heavily on the fantasy in that you would be very hard pressed to tell the story without it - and it's a very compelling tale that justifies the slow setup.

Briefly, Ophelia now finds herself very much out of the shadows as she thrusts herself fully into court life, grabbing the impossible-to-hold attention of this societies ruler-come-deity, a prospect as useful as it is dangerous. While we explore this new world and Opehlia's ever-changing status within it, mysteries sneak up unexpectedly (rather neatly done) as the book unfolds.

This sequel has a more satisfying, less rushed ending than the first book - although this time it's one more of plot than emotional journey, although my goodness Ophelia develops massively over this volume.

Bring on the next one!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Confinement, Classism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Police brutality

Minor: Violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicide, Murder, Dementia, and Forced institutionalization

amazelan's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Murder, and Body horror

Moderate: Classism, Racism, Xenophobia, Sexism, Fatphobia, and Misogyny

Minor: Sexual content

joisaddler's review

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Classism, Gaslighting, Confinement, Religious bigotry, Death, and Misogyny

sunlily's review

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Classism

anarchist_al's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Review of entire quartet on final book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Alcohol, Classism, Drug use, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Vomit and Pregnancy

harmony822's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Stalking, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Dementia, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence