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Briar's Book by Tamora Pierce

3 reviews

xinawebb's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Confinement, Child death, Classism, and Death

Minor: Chronic illness, Gore, Vomit, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Grief, and Terminal illness

redheadsuperpowers's review

adventurous emotional funny tense 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

5.0

This is the closer for the Circle of Magic series, and is my second favorite of the series. I love the interaction between Briar and Rosethorn. The sudden epidemic they are dealing with feels very real (especially in the wake of the one we all recently dealt with), as well as the way it is treated. The moments Briar has with his friend Flick are sweet. The depth of Briars dive into what his magic is is so interesting and neat. I just love this series. 

I don't really have many dislikes. This is a great series, and is appropriate for most ages.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Vomit, Medical content, Terminal illness, Confinement, and Death

ladydisdain's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

If I could give infinite stars to this book, I would. While the connections between the quartet and their teachers are emphasized throughout, the bond between Briar and Rosethorn is consistently highlighted as unique and necessary to both characters. While the magical take on epidemiology hits different in The During Times (writing this review at the dawning of 2021), the incorporation of known scientific method rather than an easy magical cure heightens this story above an easier Quest for the Cure (i.e. 40% of the Redwall books). Ultimately, this story roots (eh? ehhhhh?) itself in humanity, the best of it and the worst of it and the great equalizer of death and disease. But the centerpiece is always, always the love between Rosethorn and her boy. I thought I would read this aloud to my wife and

took an extra 10 minutes to make it through the final chapter because I simply cannot read it without crying

. A fitting, cathartic end to the series founding the first family of all found families.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Excrement, Vomit, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Grief

As this is a plot about a mysterious epidemic coming on a community, forced quarantine and a frustrating hunt for a cure, there are definite triggering aspects when living/hopefully one day having lived through a global pandemic.