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ciaomara's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Incest and Sexual harassment
Minor: Rape
chlobfish's review
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Incest and Abortion
eachuisgereads's review
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
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
Anglo-Saxon/pre-christian Britain feminist mysticism with tightly plotted political intrigue, a deep and intense sense of place and time, beautifully woven together to give you a portrait of Hild (the real St Hilda) and her extraordinary life, how she navigates the complex politics of a royal court, her relationships with others and the amazing time of change she lived through.
The final quarter potentially moves slightly too quickly, after a wonderful slow unfolding in the previous three quarters, but that's just quibbling with an amazing novel.
The final quarter potentially moves slightly too quickly, after a wonderful slow unfolding in the previous three quarters, but that's just quibbling with an amazing novel.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Incest
rhymeswithnova's review
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
5.0
I finished this book after like... four years? I kept bouncing off of it because the prose is dense and full of old non-English words—there's a glossary, but the Kindle version didn't handle that well.
But yeah! A really cool coming-of-age story about a tall, spooky disaster bisexual growing up at court in pre-England in the 600s. 10/10.
But yeah! A really cool coming-of-age story about a tall, spooky disaster bisexual growing up at court in pre-England in the 600s. 10/10.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Medical trauma, Slavery, Murder, Animal death, and Miscarriage
Moderate: Abortion, Incest, and Sexual content
Minor: Excrement
bluedilly's review against another edition
tense
slow-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Incest
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