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rtaire's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Death of parent, Infertility, Violence, Xenophobia, War, Child death, Gore, Pregnancy, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Miscarriage, Murder, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Mental illness
solarel's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Some of the plot decisions felt a bit hollow, as I saw some symbolism that wasn’t meant to be there, I suppose. But I can’t fault it for not following the thread I predicted.
Lastly, for an epic fantasy like this, you would expect it to be dense and laborious to follow, but I found it very easy to digest.
Graphic: Child death, Torture, Infertility, Murder, Miscarriage, and Death
Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Homophobia
Minor: Animal cruelty
If you consider dragons as animals, there is some cruelty.d4r3's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Moderate: Homophobia
offbrandclubsoda's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Don’t get me wrong, I did enjoy the book, but I didn’t fall in love with it.
The world building and character development were well done and the political story was intriguing.
My biggest complaint is that the book should have been split up into a series. It was super long and it felt like so many different things happened that would have been better absorbed over more than one book.
I was hoping for a bit more spice, given that it is not YA but alas.
I quite enjoyed the morally grey development of
Spice level: 🌶🌶/5
Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Incest, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and War
Minor: Homophobia, Pregnancy, and Sexual content
katies_1711's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Violence, War, and Grief
li_reading's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Violence, Chronic illness, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Blood, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Animal death, Torture, Religious bigotry, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Addiction, Dementia, and Abandonment
Minor: Incest, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Sexual content, Medical content, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Cursing, and Confinement
un_petit_oiseau's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Moderate: Death, Grief, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Murder, Religious bigotry, and Violence
pawanithereader's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Priory of the Orange Tree is one of the best multi-plot books I've read and I absolutely loved how every plot was connected and how beautifully it all came together in the end.
The entire politics and just the manner of how a queendom works is very well captured.
This book such incredibly written complex characters. I loved the strong female characters. How the characters react to different situations or how well do they manage their responsibilities is very realistic. I went from hating Sabran Berethnet to loving her and I there is no other character that I love and hate at the same time as I love and hate Niclays Roos.
This book contains a mixture of different myths and folklore and in my opinion, it does justice to them. The world building was incredible. I can say it was almost flawless. The differences between the East, West, South and North, magic working with nature, if was all so beautiful.
I also loved the diversity in the book but the best thing was the wlw and the mlm relationships. They were absolutely beautiful.
But Priory is not a book for the faint hearted. A lot of things that you don't want to happen will happen, characters you love will die and you will be introduced to a lot of gruesome subjects.
The book is definitely worth a read. Even though is a giant, you will not feel overwhelmed nor will you be bored while reading it.
Graphic: Violence, Torture, Miscarriage, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Death, Blood, and Animal cruelty
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Infertility, and Panic attacks/disorders
zara_broadfield's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Miscarriage and Child death
Minor: Homophobia, Alcoholism, and Xenophobia
aegireads's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Homophobia