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mlottermoser's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Minor: Hate crime, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, Violence, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Miscarriage, Homophobia, and Emotional abuse
januaryt123'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
5.0
Graphic: Physical abuse, Hate crime, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Violence
Moderate: Sexual harassment and Vomit
purplepenning's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
2.0
Graphic: Homophobia, Alcohol, Classism, and Hate crime
Moderate: Medical content, Outing, Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, Blood, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Vomit, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Violence, Bullying, Biphobia, Colonisation, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Domestic abuse, War, Miscarriage, and Racism
discarded_dust_jacket's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
That’s why I was so disappointed when the humor in this book repeatedly struck me as immature at best (think “Meet the Parents” style jokes about character names that sound like curse words), and insensitive at worst when the “punchline” of a running joke throughout the story involves leading everyone in the castle where our protagonist lives and works to believe the king’s assistant is gay when he’s not (even though it’s pointedly noted multiple times in the story that within this kingdom, queerness is accepted and even celebrated, so…. why would it be funny?).
I’ve also heard that in the audiobook version, the narrator adopts a voice that has been described as an offensive depiction of Black, American speech whenever he is reading the POV of the main character’s cat and the group of mob-like “gangsters” the cat associates with. Even though this blatant racial stereotyping was a choice for the audio narration and isn’t evident in the books themselves, it still makes me not want to recommend the book at all.
Graphic: Child abuse and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, and Religious bigotry