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evbyrd's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Miscarriage, Rape, and Cannibalism
sylvestra'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? No
4.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse and Pregnancy
Moderate: Animal death, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Body horror and Blood
keithammann's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Violence, Grief, and Pregnancy
Minor: Animal death, Abortion, Death of parent, and War
elizabeth_lepore'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: Domestic abuse, Murder, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Miscarriage
ettegoom's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
5.0
I love the concepts of the bone-wife and of the blistered land.
Well worth reading.
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy
mgondwe's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I was surprised to learn this was a dark fantasy as I continued to listen to the story. Before I listened to this story on audiobooks, I had only read the reviews from the audiobook page, and most of the top reviews depicted this book as a cosy fantasy with a lot of humour. And the only reason I got the book was because I wanted to read a funny book to lift my mood (and if it included fantasy elements even better), so I was surprised to learn that this book is nowhere near as light, and the funny moments were greatly exaggerated. It’s definitely not a cosy fantasy read.
Also the demon chicken is nowhere near as funny as some people made it out to be.
I found it jarring listening to the the narrator switch to different funny voices for certain characters at the beginning, but I got used to it eventually.
What stopped me from dnf’ing this book is that I could relate to the main character, Marra, (including her love for knitting/crafting and other life experiences), and T.Kingfisher’s writing style, while extremely dark, made it easy for me to follow along and understand each characters thought process & I ended up getting invested and wanting to know if she would end up saving her sister from the abusive Prince in time.
**spoiler below***
I think there should be a trigger/content warning in the blurb for abuse and violence. As mentioned before this is not a cosy read. And there were certain scenes i felt uncomfortable listening to (reading it wouldn’t have made it better) including the domestic violence between Marra’s sisters and the Prince, and when Fenris explained his story and he blamed himself for failing to protect a boy who was being abused and ended up being whipped to death by his father.
Graphic: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Dysphoria
chelbelle122'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: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
cakehatwombat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
There is a dash of a romance, it happens towards the end, but is frankly easy to breeze past if you are uninterested- no kissing, even.
Also: good dog! And good chickens, for certain definitions of 'good'.
Graphic: Body horror
Moderate: Domestic abuse
The opening scene is the most graphic it gets in terms of blood and such. None of the named animals die (the unnamed animal deaths are p brief references to animals hunted for food).a_bow's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, and Murder
Moderate: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting
Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Abortion
belles9'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? N/A
3.5
Moderate: Domestic abuse