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Zetian continued to live up a morally gray character I can enjoy. I also really enjoyed the nuance the author gave what an active economic revolution could be in a fantasy setting.
15/10 recommend to anyone who enjoys fantasy/sci-fi and an extremely morally gray cast!
Graphic: Torture, Violence, Murder
Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual content
Minor: Sexual assault
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Police brutality
Minor: Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Slavery, Trafficking, Abortion, Pregnancy
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Slavery, Torture, Grief, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Colonisation, Classism
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Suicide, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Alcohol, Pandemic/Epidemic
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Abortion
Minor: Miscarriage, Pregnancy
After months of laughing at people describing this book as polical (bro did you even read the first one), I do actually see why this one gets called that (it's still silly).
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, War
Moderate: Child abuse, Genocide, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Classism
Qin Zheng is an incredibly complicated villain, and I still hesitate to call him a villain. He's an absolutist with strong moral convictions and absolutely identically matched to Zetian in his hunger for power. Their constant push and pull for the upper hand is a constant theme, and they're so damn intense that it was hard to put down the book.
I am disappointed to see that some people expected this series to center romance in its storytelling, or think that Wu Zetian needs to work towards redemption. Idk man, open the schools. Teach literary analysis. Learn subtext.
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Classism
Moderate: Ableism, Sexual content, Pregnancy, War
Minor: Miscarriage, Sexual assault
Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, War
Moderate: Confinement, Sexual content, Medical content, Pregnancy, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Minor: Alcoholism
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, War
Moderate: Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Death of parent
Minor: Miscarriage, Sexual assault
Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Rape, Trafficking
Minor: Ableism, Child death, Homophobia, Alcohol
Moderate: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, War