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adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment
Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Colonisation, Classism
Minor: Animal death, Homophobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I've studied this book in about four or five classes at this point and I'm still learning from it. Shelley exposes the instability of the male ego so many times over it's actually insane. She tries and fails to spark discourse about issues that she, as an upper class white woman, doesn't have a lot of lived familiarity with (especially with the Safie storyline), but the little jabs at sexism and masculinity are done wonderfully.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Abandonment
Moderate: Incest
Minor: Homophobia