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jaynovara'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
Graphic: Confinement, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Body horror, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Cursing, and Lesbophobia
Minor: Religious bigotry, Alcohol, and Racism
milesaway_'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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Death of parent, Hate crime, and Cursing
Moderate: Sexual assault and Abortion
Minor: Transphobia and Abandonment
laisai'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? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Classism, Xenophobia, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Child abuse, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Racism, Lesbophobia, Forced institutionalization, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Abandonment, Abortion, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Blood, Colonisation, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Grief, Physical abuse, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexism, Slavery, Transphobia, Violence, and Xenophobia
smoothgoat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Classism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Police brutality, Racism, and Torture
Minor: Abortion, Animal death, Cultural appropriation, Miscarriage, Slavery, Transphobia, Ableism, Addiction, Blood, Colonisation, Infidelity, Outing, Rape, and Sexual content
gcalvin533'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? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Transphobia, Abortion, Torture, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Sexism, Death, Pregnancy, and Religious bigotry
annacochran'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: Abandonment, Genocide, Religious bigotry, and Racism
Minor: Abortion, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, and Outing
geilie'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
4.5
Graphic: Misogyny, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Racism, and Sexual harassment
ekmook'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? No
3.75
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Sexism
thepaperwitch's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Harrow has a lovely way with words and the ability to draw you in with vivid stories that cleverly weaves in modern issues. She has the ability to bring the beauty and ugliness of the human experience together to make genuine characters and personalities, and her plots allow for those characters to bloom. This story has an odd sense of being both genuinely unique and a classic fable.
My only critique would be that there were a few places where it felt like the story was going to wrap up, but then slows down to build back up again. This is purely my own preference for the pace of the story and it might just be that I was so into the story and ravenous for the writing that I got impatient at times.
Pick this up for any reason, though if you are looking for a well rounded, thoughtful story and characters that grow and something with both heart and teeth, this is definitely for you.
On a side note: As a pagan, there can be a lot of cringy appropriation and simplification of its paths, symbols, and rituals, but this was beautifully creative and sensitively written. It is a rare book that I would consider as pagan inspiration fiction, though you certainly don't need to be on a pagan path to enjoy it. I just found an exceptional resonance with it.
Moderate: Kidnapping, Misogyny, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Confinement, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, and Torture
itsdanibee's review
- 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
Graphic: Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death, and Blood
Moderate: Abandonment, Violence, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Murder, Racism, and Cursing
Minor: Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Transphobia, Torture, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Ableism, Abortion, Alcohol, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Death of parent, Gore, Hate crime, and Kidnapping
Not even half way through the audiobook, I immediately went and purchased a copy of Alix E. Harrow’s masterful tale of resilience, empowerment, family bonds and folklore. A truly spectacular work with a delicious plot, enchanting prose and characters to adore: I cannot wait to reread this beautiful and relive the magic.