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sarahnk222's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Gore, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Child abuse
kri_29's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Pedophilia, Blood, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Murder, Gaslighting, and Classism
Minor: Domestic abuse, Cannibalism, and Death of parent
seforaflorian'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
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
guessgreenleaf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Toxic friendship
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, and Pedophilia
shubka's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Blood, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Mental illness, Murder, and Sexual harassment
gracescanlon'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: Violence, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Incest and Violence
lou_loo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
We follow the story from the point of view of the Bridegroom and Azure.
This story is beautiful yet terrible; it is fascinating and disturbing; scary and haunting. It feels like a fairytale, like a story of magic and fantasy, but it is also a story of abuse, neglect and manipulation. We never know if what we are being told is real or not. We hope it is only magic; if it is not, it's horrifying and scary, showing us how terrible the world can be. If it is not magic, it is gaslighting, abuse and manipulation.
Azure's mother once told her:
"If she kept you around, she would break you into little pieces. You'd never be able to put yourself back together."
Azure found herself stuck somewhere between magic and reality, between the world she wanted to discover and the world Indigo wanted her to stay in.
Roshani Chokshi is an amazing writer, her prose is gorgeous and poetic; she keeps us hanging on a thread for the whole book and each time we think we'll understand the secrets, we find ourselves going deeper and deeper without seeing how it could end. The characters are complex and intriguing, I loved the meaning and role behind each character and how they represented archetypes from fairytales, and the personification of the House of Dreams was the completion of the ambience, it let the eerie vibes be complete and transported us into this mysterious world.
The best way to go into this book is knowing as little as possible, and I'm glad I picked it up ignorant.
This book is a 5/5 star and I'll remember this story for a very long time.
Graphic: Gore, Blood, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, and Toxic friendship
sappix's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Child death, Death, Drug use, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
reddsb00ks's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? No
3.0
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, and Murder
karapillar's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Murder
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Gun violence, Incest, Pedophilia, Vomit, Death of parent, and Alcohol