Reviews tagging 'Death'

Empress of Mijak by Karen Miller

2 reviews

venti's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

i wrote this before i read the last 200 or so pages:

hot take: i liked hekat. scandalously, i would even go so far as to say i liked her. i know. all the other reviews here are astonished.

tbh i don’t think it was easy to like her, and that is what makes her an entirely interesting character. you witness the horrors she endures — particularly within her tenure as a slave — and you begin to understand why she quickly becomes unlikable. she is a product of mijak and its society.

my opinions of hekat after the last 200 pages:

oh my god what the fuck what the fuck what the fuck what the fuck 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, War, Xenophobia, and Miscarriage

ashybear02's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, War, Classism, Pedophilia, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Murder, Animal death, Religious bigotry, Miscarriage, Colonisation, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Violence, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual content