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Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Torture, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical trauma, Abortion
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault
Minor: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts
Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Deadnaming, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Abortion
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Torture, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Sexual harassment
Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Torture, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Abortion, Dysphoria
Moderate: Pregnancy
Minor: Homophobia, Miscarriage, Rape, Suicide attempt
Maybe it's because I read them back to back, but I can't help but compare this to Evocation. There was so much that worked well here that failed there. For one, the society in this book is purposefully elusive and vauge because our protagonist isn't allowed to be part of that group, therefore doesn't know much about the goings on. Compared to Evocation where the occult society is such an important aspect of 2 of the main characters lives (both are running for president or whatever) but we know fuckall about the society. And the characters here felt so much more vibrant and tangible after suffering through the flat characters in Evocation.
TLDR; I loved this book very very much. I was tabbing the hell out of it and writing down so many quotes in my commonplace book. I will definitely want to read this again in the future and I'm excited to read everything else AJW publishes (especially his debut adult novel coming out later this year!)
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship
Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Abortion, Murder, Gaslighting, Dysphoria
Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Sexism, Suicide, Kidnapping
Minor: Rape, Self harm
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder
Moderate: Deadnaming, Miscarriage, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria
Minor: Self harm, Sexual assault, Vomit, Suicide attempt
It's heavy and though there are obvious sci-fi/fantasy elements so much of the historically accurate abuse of those deemed "unwell" in the time period the story is set in is difficult to stomach and so necessary to learn about.
Highly recommend a read! Especially if you like the authors other works but aren't typically into works with historical fiction aspects because that's how I decided to read it and was not disappointed!
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Miscarriage, Self harm