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zombiezami's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Trafficking, Death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Confinement, Misogyny, Sexism, Hate crime, Cursing, Bullying, Classism, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Sexual content, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Drug use, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Racism
Minor: Colonisation and Genocide
haley_mil_reads's review
- 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
Graphic: Sexism, Violence, Racism, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Murder, and Grief
Moderate: Homophobia, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Trafficking, and Classism
katharina90's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
2.5
Sadly I just couldn't get into the story. It had so much potential but the plot and characters were underdeveloped and the many time jumps in the beginning made it hard to follow. I also listened on audio and didn't like the narration.
Rather than setting this story in his own tribe and culture, the author chose to create a fictional tribe and incorporated stories from various other nations. I have mixed feelings about this. But at least there's an author's note at the end where the origins of certain elements are credited.
Graphic: Bullying, Transphobia, Racism, and Murder
Moderate: Kidnapping, Child abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Pedophilia, Animal death, and Rape
Minor: Addiction
imstephtacular's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.0
Graphic: Violence, Bullying, Drug abuse, Addiction, and Drug use
Moderate: Body shaming, Classism, Cursing, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Blood, Alcoholism, Animal death, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Alcohol, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, and Sexism
Minor: Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit
readingwithcoffee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
A lot of this is microcosm of the two sisters story Medina depicts where the younger sister being harmed and cursed by a man she didn’t know is framed to have been actually caused bc she didn’t explicitly “obey” her moral older sister who told her not to come with her with no real reasoning given etc. that even clearly not intentional sexist framing of violence to women as failing of the girl to woman’s approach to life or not heeding other women is deeply harmful. It’s just a book that would benefit a lot for vastly more feminist thoughts which is disappointing.
Also while children have done worse things to each other and have deep social thoughts I thought how they were written fighting or the protagonist didn’t seem how kids would express that violence or commentary which a parts just felt like the author pausing the story to tell us his perspective on various Native American issues instead of something better Integrated into the theme or narrative. The book simply suffers from too much telling vs showing. And also have the protagonist almost never be wrong and making her seem better than other women for not being like them or rejecting anything seem as feminine including just friendships between girls ending for studs to other things that felt catty. Or how the mother passivity felt less taken seriously as a character or depicted less sympathetically then the father who was damaging himself and property in arguments ? Like it seemed like a book about women that only held maybe two in any real esteem.
But I did like how he wrote the favoritism to the son/brother.
Graphic: Self harm, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Murder, Sexual assault, Body horror, Body shaming, Drug use, Racism, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment
zakura317'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
4.5
Graphic: Sexism and Racism
Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Colonisation, and Dementia