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The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

202 reviews

nurseamandarose's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, War, Infidelity, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Grief, Xenophobia, Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Domestic abuse

softanimal's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful slow-paced

4.0

Rich, beautiful world-building and storytelling. I also loved that some of the worst characters got a treatment of empathy. I always appreciate queer rep. The pacing left something to be des red for me but I'm also not typically one to pick up super thick fantasy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Vomit, War, Suicidal thoughts, Incest, and Sexual content

omnisyncd's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Miscarriage, Xenophobia, Suicide, Murder, Mental illness, Confinement, Classism, and Alcohol

Minor: Torture

jupitermond's review against another edition

adventurous tense slow-paced

• 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Miscarriage, and Violence

Moderate: Infertility, Religious bigotry, and Xenophobia

Minor: Sexual content

ambdav's review against another edition

adventurous challenging slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual content

wishbea's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

2.0

Terrible pacing, I found all of the characters flat and impossible to connect with or care about. I kept reading out of curiosity about how Ead's plot would end and was disappointed in the climax. The action sequences were not gripping at all and every problem Ead/Sabran has is solved very easily. 

The only saving grace of this book is the presence of queer relationships and seeing women in power in a high fantasy book. The amount of times a character is saved by a random large creature turning up is very odd and the most egregious plot point is 

Tane having the gem two other POV characters are looking for stitched into her leg.

I really couldn't take the book seriously after that reveal.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Sexual content, Death, Miscarriage, and Infertility

Minor: Addiction, Classism, and Blood

lauramcc7's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Xenophobia, Mental illness, Infidelity, Confinement, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Infertility, Death of parent, Blood, War, Torture, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Homophobia, Grief, and Death

sweetsimplenothing's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring fast-paced

• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage and Death

Minor: Sexual content

woweewhoa's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, War, and Infertility

Moderate: Violence, Sexual content, and Infidelity

theirgracegrace's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• 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

4.75

The size may look daunting at first, but the depth and wealth of this book is beyond that of many series, much less individual books. Priory is an epic fantasy that stretches across a world divided by their love or and hatred for dragons. In the West, a handmaiden to a queen protects her from a plot while nursing hidden secrets of her own, and a young man is sent on a dangerous mission to an enemy land. In the East, a young woman trains to be the next dragon rider of her people and an old alchemist in exile seeks eternal life in a foreign land. The story travels the length and breadth of the world, culminating in an epic battle to determine the fate of the world. My only gripe with this amazing book was that certain plotlines were solved a bit too quickly and handily in order to get to those end chapters, and everyone seems to be able to speak each other's language with very little explanation. Absolutely cinematic-quality descriptions, heart-wrenching moments, surprise reversals and twists of fate make this a book for every fantasy lover out there. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Death of parent, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Hate crime, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, War, Xenophobia, Classism, and Confinement

Moderate: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Vomit, and Excrement

Minor: Cannibalism, Incest, and Abandonment