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Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment
Beautiful writing, excellent characters, great story, not for the faint of heart.
Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Vomit, Police brutality, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War
That said, PEOPLE WERE NOT JOKING ABOUT CHAPTER 21. Really all of part three is one major potential trigger after another, but chapter 21 contains the worst of it. PLEASE heed the content warnings for this book if you're considering it. I had to skim over chunks of it personally.
Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Confinement, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Colonisation
Minor: Excrement, Vomit
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Slavery, Violence, War
Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Colonisation
Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Slavery, Torture, Xenophobia, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Classism
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Infertility, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail
I knew going into chapter 21 (beginning of part three) that it was going to be brutal, but it was so so much worse than I anticipated, and honestly really overshadowed the rest of the book for me. Yes, I think it was all written incredibly well, and RFK is an incredible author, and it was necessary to the story. But it was still just... a lot. I don't think any of this was trauma porn, but it was so much more brutal than I thought it would be. I thought based on reviews I'd seen from people I trust, and from my love for SoK that this would be a for sure 5 star, or maybe like a 4.5, but after part three it's closer to a 3/3.5I may change my rating at some point, but for now that's where I landed.
If you are someone who enjoys war fantasies and you're aware of the trigger/content warnings, I think this can be a fantastic book. Like I said, it was incredibly well written and didn't feel like the violence was just being depicted for the sake of violence. At this moment I'm not sure I'll continue with the series, but I do think that despite my hesitancy and lack of love for this in the end, RFK is an excellent writer and I'm glad I experienced that regardless of my final thoughts.
Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism