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I did like the perspective on revolution and its brutality, although I can't really comment on how it interacts with/is changed from real Chinese history. So I guess know that there's a lot of very direct talk about communism and the theory behind it in this book. I'll add on here there were a fair bit of speeches and slogans and stuff like that, which were treated like they were brilliant by the characters that I didn't think were particularly impressive. They might also come across as preachy to some people, but IDK, I kind of feel like they come with the territory of being a (mainstream) book directly about revolution. Like, that will involve a lot of speeches, slogans, and teaching people about theory. If you don't want direct speeches and do want to be confused, read Rakesfall or something instead.
The characters, including the MC, continue to be more on the morally grey/unlikable side of things, which isn't what I typically prefer. Zetian in particular also spends a lot of time under the power of the new emperor and having both a lot of power
I got curious and looked at some goodreads reviews for this book, and a lot of people didn't seem to like the direction change after book one (fair enough), but seem to be going out of their way to find moral reasons to justify their dislike of this book (which I find a bit questionable) (the funniest was the people complaining that the MC getting a surgery to repair her bound feet was an example of the magically healing disability trope, because 1) it wasn't magical healing and 2) I'm pretty sure there were Chinese women who actually did reverse the binding of their feet...)
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Toxic friendship, War
Moderate: Body shaming, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Classism
Minor: Ableism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual assault, Abortion
Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Medical content, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Miscarriage, Trafficking, Death of parent, Pregnancy
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Abortion
Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, War
Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Alcohol
Graphic: Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Minor: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Blood
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, War
Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation
Graphic: Rape, Toxic relationship, Violence
Moderate: Sexual content, Police brutality
Minor: Child abuse, Pedophilia
Graphic: Child death, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Violence, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual violence
Minor: Miscarriage, Pregnancy
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Blood
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, War
Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual content, Medical content, Pregnancy
Minor: Sexual assault