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Juniper & Thorn by Ava Reid

240 reviews

jamilahh's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

4.0

4.5, this was so messed up in the best way

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Vomit, and Cannibalism

ferrot_lectorapromedio's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Alcoholism

theladydoor's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Vomit, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Incest and Xenophobia

readwithria's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Juniper & Thorn is a haunting and deeply disturbing book, and I enjoyed it a lot.

Marlinchen is such a complex character, and I love how she changes throughout the book. Sevas reminds me so much of how dance was both a great love of mine and also how it wrecked my body and my confidence for many years. There was so much truth in this book that really shook me to my core, and I would definitely recommend it.

That said, this book is fantasy horror and has quite a few potential triggers. Ava Reid has a list of content warnings on their Tumblr, and I highly encourage everyone to check them before reading this book. I have included them in the content warning section of this review as well.

Ava Reid has such poetic prose, and I love reading what she writes. I’ll definitely be reading more from them in the future. 4 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Vomit, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Eating disorder, Incest, Pedophilia, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Cannibalism, and Death of parent

lynnw's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Antisemitism, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Pedophilia

bohboh's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

4.0

Reid handles the delicate topics of abuse and anorexia with careful respect and grace when telling this chilling gothic horror. She capitalizes well on romance and fantasy themes to draw interesting and distinct characters. I could not put this down once I started.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Xenophobia, Vomit, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Minor: Pedophilia and Rape

morgangd's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

An intense tale of trauma in dark fairy tale mode, with every trigger warning under the sun and maybe, just maybe, actually too crass. But it did move me at parts.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Antisemitism, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

paperbound_dreams's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

"My eldest sister was right; I would smile blithely if someone tried to saw off my leg. But no one had ever told me that I was allowed to scream."

Wow wow wow. Beautiful and horrific. The kind of book I never want to read again, but will stay with me just the same. 

Docked a star for lack of trigger warnings--there are many and they are intense, please be cautious with your mental health. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Vomit

nikeeeeee's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Cannibalism

carolined314's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Dark fairy tale retelling with tons of trauma

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent