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matcha_pages's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Religious bigotry, Torture, Misogyny, Blood, and War
Moderate: Rape and Sexual violence
beks_stowaway's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Blood, Torture, Death, Religious bigotry, and Genocide
Minor: Rape
marketa_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, War, Sexism, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual violence, Grief, Rape, and Sexual assault
kimberly_a's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
Graphic: Murder, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Violence, War, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Blood, Genocide, Death of parent, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Grief, Physical abuse, Rape, and Religious bigotry
genevievefv'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? It's complicated
3.25
Graphic: Misogyny, Blood, Grief, Death, and Sexism
Moderate: War, Rape, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Violence
demented_delights9448'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? Yes
5.0
It has a decent pace, plenty of mystery that resolves, endearing characters, action, witty dialogue, and thoughtful exposition on top of believable world building. It can be a little dark emotionally, tackles very difficult topics, but is hopeful. At no point does this book blame all men as being oppressive. This is a book about equality for all: all genders, all faiths, all ages, all races, all sexualities. Romance is there but it's very low-key and it speaks encouragingly of all walks: from lesbianism to maintaining virginity to young men who don't want to hump every female thing in sight.
It's a beautiful story set in a beautiful world with beautiful women and men battling it out against pure, unadulterated evil. There's even a dragon. What's not to like?
Graphic: Death, Violence, Genocide, Blood, Sexism, Misogyny, War, and Murder
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Child death, Body shaming, and Rape
Minor: Racism
Regarding content warnings, this book is not promoting such things. The author is drawing attention to them, illuminating these things as the difficult or downright heinous things that they are. This is a book for girls to learn that their voices are valuable and worth hearing. Surround yourself with people who value you as the living beings that you are. Value yourself.serenhybrid's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
For me, this book perpetuates the troubling narrative that trauma makes women stronger, that their suffering is somehow noble and that every terrible thing was worth it because it made them better people. This is false, and troubling to read in a book that purports to be feminist. Frequently, I wondered if this was written by a man! The characters made no sense, had very little internal logic and just seemed to be devices to push forward a plot with a clear agenda. The story somehow moves both too fast and extremely slow. The ending is just awful, huge amounts of exposition and back story pushed into about 5 pages. I don't like any of the characters and I have no investment in the world or outcomes.
This has so much promise, but the writing is just not good enough to support the ideas. requently , an idea was planted and then resolved just a page or two later. This lead to a serious dearth of tension and anticipation. I wish the whole book was the trilogy, so we could explore the world and characters a lot more, and so some of the later plot twists were slightly more built up to. I just can't recommend that anyone reads this book, especially if they have experienced any trauma.
Graphic: Torture, Death, Misogyny, Genocide, and Sexism
Moderate: Child abuse and Rape
thatssotamara'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
3.75
Graphic: Gore, Violence, War, Misogyny, Murder, Genocide, Death of parent, Torture, Religious bigotry, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexism, and Physical abuse
lovelybubbles'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Torture, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Rape, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Sexual assault, Confinement, Death of parent, Vomit, Misogyny, Blood, and Child abuse
jagodasbooks's review
4.0
this book should come with at least 3 page long list of trigger warnings
Graphic: Violence, Confinement, Drug abuse, Gore, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Abandonment, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Torture, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Ableism, Animal death, War, Death, Blood, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Vomit, Child abuse, and Child death