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Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Hate crime, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation
When I first began reading I was feeling like the writing was pretty YA and that concerned me because I've only heard how intense this book is. This might have been intentional since the main character is a teen. Kuang might have wanted to show her being forced to mature so quickly. If that's the case it definitely works. It feels like it "ages" as the story goes on and it lost the YA feel pretty much right after the first attack. As far as being intense...I almost had to skip over a certain part because I didn't want to have the imagery in my mind. Of course this is added to show how absolutely evil and twisted racism and war can make people and often does. I definitely will be reading Dragon Republic soon. It will be interesting to see how the decisions in the first book will affect this world and what the Pantheon has to say about it.
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder
Minor: Drug use, Alcohol
Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Colonisation
Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Murder
Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Vomit
Minor: Self harm, Suicide, Abortion
Thoughts about this book:
1. the worldbuilding is beautifully done. It is diverse, realistic and detailed. The writer clearly took her time making this world.
2. The characters in this book are realistic and they go through major character developments. They aren’t made to be lovable. They make mistakes, and f*ck shit up, big time.
3. The writing is brutally honest and can be really triggering. Before reading this book do your research. Don’t go in without know the triggers.
Favorite quote:
Children ceased to be children when you put a sword in their hands. When you taught them to fight a war, then you armed them and put them on the front lines, they were not children anymore. They were soldiers.
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Colonisation
Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gore, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, Colonisation
Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Infertility, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol
Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Colonisation
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation
Also this is not a book for people who hate haveing a main character with mixed morality.
Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Colonisation
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Pregnancy