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Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko

21 reviews

rhm04's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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: Abandonment, Blood, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Genocide, Murder, Grief, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Confinement, Death, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Medical content, Vomit, Rape, and Sexual content

Minor: Kidnapping

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Grief, Misogyny, and Violence

Minor: Classism, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Confinement, Sexual content, Vomit, and Bullying

mcz_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death of parent

Moderate: War, Rape, Physical abuse, and Misogyny

Minor: Vomit

paperbrownies's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

- lgbtqiap+, ya fantasy, magic, west african-inspired fantasy, DIVERSE, found family, friends to lovers trope, royalty, badass mc, curses and betrayal 
-  m|f 
-  black mc, ace sc, and a diverse casting of poc characters, minor disability rep 

what other names do you call raybearer and why is it amazing and stunning and as cg drews says a 'ray of excellence'? bc it managed to evoke so many feelings in less than 400 pages (am in awe, honestly) and had me sticking to the edge of my seat in anticipation for what was about to happen next throughout the course of the book. THAT in my opinion is the best feeling ever!!! 
it has one of the most unique storylines ive read in a book with the most beautiful world building (it is intricate and felt so very real), descriptions, lores and setting, that i could not help but greedily devour the words and want for more!! 
the characters were amazing!! i love my ace king, dayo and as for the mc, i have so much love and respect for tarisai, she is strong, determined and a TOTAL badass!! 
i cannot recommend this book highly enough!! 😭😭 

cw: violence, child abuse, attempted murder, drugging, manipulation, gaslighting, on-page death, references to police violence, death of children, vomit. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Violence, Child abuse, Child death, Death, and Vomit

Moderate: Murder and Drug use

nutmegandpumpkin's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful 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

I really really loved this book. I haven’t read a fantasy such as this in a while. The rich worldbuilding really brought the whole book to life. 
The cast of characters is not only diverse in skin color / ethnicity but also in sexualities, religion, and physical appearance. For instance, there is a character that is asexual, characters that have crushed on both female and male characters, a blind character, and a character that wears a headscarf.
Only thing about the book that was meh: sometimes it was a bit frustrating and had me rolling my eyes and yelling at the characters at some points for not noticing certain things that felt very obvious (however this happened only a couple of times and wasn’t enough for me to doc the rating).

Would definitely recommend!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, and War

Minor: Sexual content

bookishbette's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced

• 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

5.0

Genuinely one of the most interesting and imaginitive worlds I've ever come across. Truly a top tier story, and a guidepost for anyone who wants to write or read intersectional, original stories. The only issue I have with any of it is a relationship between a girl around 16/17 and a man about ten years older tha  her, but I absolutely could have misinterpreted their ages and it's barely covered in this anyway. Other than that, I absolutely adored it. I checked it out from my library to read, and you can bet it'll be on my shelf as soon as I get a chance. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

Moderate: Death

Minor: Vomit, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Excrement, and Adult/minor relationship

wrenxavier's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexism, and Violence

Minor: Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and War

ember_eyes_are_for_tigers's review

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

The prose is incredible, bringing beautiful visuals and scenes to real life. And, throughout the entire book, there is so much love for West Africa and the variety in the book really show the diversity of the world.
The characters were so wonderfully written, although I wish we had know more of Tarisai’s found family, you could tell the love and respect she has for them.
Raybearer’s first part is rather slow compared to the remainder of the book, where the pace begins speeding up and doesn’t seem to stop, but, I didn’t find myself minding.

I would’ve read an entire book of Tarisai learning to open up and trust the rest of the Council, however, as the story unfolded I began remaining more and more in awe of what Ifueko was able to twist the story with the world’s lore and the various plotwists.

It was such a phenomenal read and I can’t wait to read the sequel to the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Kidnapping, Misogyny, and Murder

Minor: Suicide, Torture, Vomit, and War

juph's review

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Confinement

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Grief, and Vomit

victorianrogue's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

• 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: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Blood and Death

Minor: Child death and Vomit