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abirchtealeaf'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
4.75
Outside of that the curse of chalion was absolutely riviting. I was unable to stop reading the last quarter of the book because I had to know how it ended. The mystery while not terribly deep is satisfying and rooted in a strong lore and interesting characters.
There could be a lot of discourse about this book and I would not disagree that the are bits like the age gap relationsships and more that I think make this book slightly weaker than it should be.
Still I found the writing extremely pleasesant and the narrator was absolutely stellar.
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Sexual harassment, Torture, Mental illness, and Misogyny
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Rape
batesbarb's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Sexual harassment, and Misogyny
Moderate: Cancer, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Infertility, Animal cruelty, and Death
nekoshka's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Slavery, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Misogyny, Animal death, Mental illness, and Violence
Minor: War, Sexual assault, and Rape
sapphicsoilscientist's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Slavery and Violence
Minor: Rape, Vomit, Torture, and Body horror
the rape is implied as something that happens on enemy ships and once in a castle keep but it does not happen 'on screen.' There is mention of some infidelity, but it turns out that everyone involved was apparently on the same page about it? The slavery is not like the trans-atlantic trade. tl;dr- fantasy writers will never not use fantasy men threatening rape as a way to get fantasy ladies to do what they want.bookycnidaria's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Moderate: Religious bigotry, Violence, War, Murder, Slavery, and Mental illness
Minor: Rape, Homophobia, and Sexism
pvbobrien'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
4.25
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Animal death, Homophobia, Medical content, Misogyny, and Violence
Minor: Murder, War, Rape, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Infertility
gothnailcare's review against another edition
- 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
2.25
Graphic: Death and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Animal death, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Animal cruelty, and Child abuse
crownoflaurel's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Slavery, and Misogyny
Minor: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexism
obviousthings's review against another edition
Graphic: Blood, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Slavery, Excrement, Medical content, Murder, and Misogyny
Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Torture, Mental illness, Homophobia, Xenophobia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Fatphobia, Infertility, and Infidelity