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snslayer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Outing, Racism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, Child death, Incest, Body horror, Antisemitism, Death, Murder, Homophobia, Misogyny, Animal death, Ableism, and Suicide
Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual violence, Rape, Animal death, Blood, and Sexual assault
ch3llou's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, Death, and Blood
Moderate: Animal death, Death, Gore, and Homophobia
Minor: Bullying, Antisemitism, Sexual content, Grief, Pregnancy, Incest, Outing, Injury/Injury detail, and Child death
christcore's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Pacing is a bit odd. The beginning is meandering w/ a lot of minor interactions documented and then the last five or so chapters area a whirlwind of major events.
Gruesome and ugly in a way that feels appropriate for the time period.
Surprisingly little to do with the actual plague beyond it being the reason that the group must travel to outpace the pestilence, The ending twist was frankly unnecessary and didn’t really shock me.
CW: ableism, antisemitism, homophobic hate crime, suicide by hanging, traumatic childbirth scene, age gap sexual encounter b/t master and apprentice, some medical gore
Graphic: Suicide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Murder, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Incest and Racism
miastr's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Pregnancy
Moderate: Death, Incest, Antisemitism, Misogyny, Homophobia, Murder, Sexism, Suicide, Rape, Religious bigotry, Outing, Blood, Animal death, Alcohol, Ableism, and Adult/minor relationship
Minor: Abortion and Eating disorder
soupy_twist's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Death, Murder, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual content and Suicide
Minor: Antisemitism and Homophobia
ceallaighsbooks's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
“The dancing orange flames cast huge grey shadows of us on to the wall of the cave, our every movement parodied in a grotesque form, like a mummers’ play performed for our mockery. Our shadows poured into one another, so that monsters appeared with two shaggy heads. Humpbacked dragons curled in sleep and mermaids flicked their sinuous tails. Shadows are such insubstantial things, yet they are bigger than any of us.”
“Do you think words have the power to kill? Who knows where they go once they are spoken aloud; they drift off like seeds in the wind. ‘Speak no evil’, my nursemaid used to say, ‘for tiny demons lurk everywhere just waiting to catch your words and use them to tip their arrows with poison.’”
“It was hard to adjust to, but the old laws and the old order were crumbling about our ears. There was a new king and his name was pestilence. And he had created a new law—thou shalt do anything to survive.”
- The Story of Silence, by Alex Myers
- The Pillars of the Earth, by Ken Follett
- The Tale of the Tailor and the Three Dead Kings, by Dan Jones
- Lapvona, by Ottessa Moshfegh—TBR
- Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel
- Bernard Cornwell
- Sharon Kay Penman
Graphic: Antisemitism, Rape, Body horror, Ableism, Murder, Gore, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Child death, Animal death, Child abuse, and Incest
Minor: Animal cruelty
astronut's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Antisemitism, Abortion, Violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Homophobia
Moderate: Incest, Alcoholism, and Pregnancy
derigibleplums'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
3.5
Graphic: Pregnancy, Ableism, Death, and Murder
Moderate: Rape, Racism, Homophobia, Xenophobia, Violence, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Blood, Suicide, Outing, and Grief
Minor: Incest