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scifi_rat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Prose: 4★
Pace: 3.5★
Concept/Execution: 4★/3★
Characters: 3.5★
Worldbuilding: 3★
Ending: 3★
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Animal death, Pregnancy, Sexism, Medical content, Miscarriage, Death, and Violence
Minor: Torture, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Confinement, Infidelity, and Animal cruelty
wyszomirska's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Child death, Animal death, Gore, Domestic abuse, and Death
Minor: Abortion
jiska_bloem'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
5.0
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Child death, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Animal death, and Death
Minor: Grief, Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, and Slavery
vel629vet's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Pregnancy
Moderate: Child death and Miscarriage
Minor: Animal death, Violence, Sexual violence, and Gore
tallulahlucy'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? No
4.5
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Misogyny
Moderate: Gore, Sexism, Sexual assault, Child death, Grief, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism, Classism, Physical abuse, Animal death, Rape, Death, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Child abuse and Violence
mannydoeslife's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Moderate: Animal death, Death, Physical abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Miscarriage
trips's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
This book feels like a very true dark fairytale in the first half of the book, showing the harrowing realities of childbirth especially in the middle ages, the dark realities of the world Marra lives in and such but as you get further and further into the book, the lighter it gets? I wouldn’t say it gets silly, but the stakes feel a lot less daunting for Marra to overcome. I feel like this is partially because she is gaining a group of people to help her with her task but I also think its because the plot kinda meanders in the like 25% especially and I was just like “holy crap get to the end we know what must be done!”. Regardless of how I felt about the book I think it objectively has some interesting conversations regarding the themes of the book, and I found the prose to be highly engaging and I constantly wanted to return to the book to find out what happened next. This was my first time reading T Kingfisher and I would love to read more from this author, it was overall a nice time.
Graphic: Pregnancy
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Body horror, and Animal death
katvou'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
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death of parent, and Death
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Grief, Miscarriage, Murder, and Body horror
Minor: Blood, Gore, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical content, Torture, Physical abuse, War, Cannibalism, and Violence
toastrats'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: Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Body horror, and Sexism
Moderate: Animal death
Minor: Suicide
st0rmy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Child death, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, and Injury/Injury detail