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The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie

15 reviews

badbadwolf's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Murder, Vomit, War, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Violence, Confinement, Grief, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Slavery

iane_reads's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, Blood, Violence, Murder, Ableism, Death, Gaslighting, and Slavery

Moderate: Suicide, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, War, Child death, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Confinement, Transphobia, Trafficking, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

Minor: Alcohol, Colonisation, Bullying, Vomit, Animal death, Sexual content, Excrement, Abortion, Genocide, and Domestic abuse

crows_in_a_trenchcoat's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Death

Moderate: Suicide and Blood

kryg's review

mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide

bookishlucy's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Suicide, and War

janisgoblin's review

challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

sequelmage's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

The narration of this book is so interesting. It’s told entirely from the perspective of a god as they either relay stories that they’ve heard or events that they have directly observed. Additionally, they are explaining these events to one of the characters in the book. 

Very unique and quite interesting. A very enjoyable read

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Murder, and War

Minor: Death of parent

csevet's review

adventurous mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

laurareads87's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Having previously read and loved Leckie's science fiction, I was happy to pick up her fantasy novel The Raven Tower and thoroughly enjoyed it.  The Raven Tower contains so much of what I've really loved in Leckie's other work -- skillful and innovative multi-POV storytelling, compelling worldbuilding that feels unlike anything I've ever read before, and power politics on a grand scale.  The religious/political intrigue really worked for me.  I feel like Leckie's done something quite interesting here with time scale -- with the story spanning a few different time periods, I feel like Leckie's really effectively incorporated the divergences in experiences of time between the human character and the god characters (who vary in lifespan but who are far far more long-lived than humans).  I will note that much of this book is told in second person, which isn't my favourite (and I know some readers really don't enjoy) but in this book, for me, it worked: it is a choice that has a clear reason behind it in the context of the book itself which makes complete sense to me.  Definitely recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Death of parent, War, Murder, Violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Transphobia

lipstickitotheman's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The final quarter of the book was incredible. Dare I say brilliant writing? The setup was done perfectly in the first 3/4 for it, but I found that space often quite boring. The world setup is cool as hell, and I really loved that part. Eolo is cool, I liked him. I confess to cheering a little when Myriad returned in the last pages, and when TSAPOTH our POV character said their last line--tear it down!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Suicide, and War

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Slavery, Transphobia, and Xenophobia