Scan barcode
justgothenough's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy
theirgracegrace's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Torture
Minor: Cursing, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Abortion, Death of parent, and War
There is one particular scene where the main character's teeth are made to dance in her mouth and one of them is removed. It is very reminiscent of the "imagining my teeth falling out" dream but can be quite disturbing. There is also a character in the city which has a "curse-child", which is described like a marionette or puppet that chokes and harms her.spoetting's review against another edition
4.25
Moderate: Child death and Pregnancy
persephonefoxx's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
“Rage was only useful if you were allowed to do anything with it”
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, and Murder
Moderate: Body horror, Child death, and Misogyny
insomniacsun'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? No
4.0
Rimpiango di non aver iniziato a leggere questo libro prima, ma la lunga catena di mediocrità di fantasy filo-medievali mi ha fatto apprezzare questa storia ancora di più.
In 250 pagine è riuscita a fare cose che nessun mattone sandersoniano potrà mai fare: farmi ridere a crepapelle. L'umorismo e il carattere così vivo dei personaggi mi hanno ammaliato, rendendo le dinamiche tra loro il piatto forte della storia.
Apprezzo la decisione di aver seguito una protagonista poco tradizionale, una goffa suora trentenne, e l'interiorità e introspezione molto realistica datale per il suo ruolo e background.
All'inizio mi aspettavo una situazione molto più cupa e raccapricciante, visto i primi capitoli tendenti all'horror, ma, con l'arrivo di altri personaggi e stando di più con Marra e i suoi pensieri, il tono si ravviva un po'. Forse avrei apprezzato questo cambio un po' di più se fosse stato propriamente bilanciato lungo la storia. Invece sembra esserci un grosso divisore fra il primo arc tendenzialmente cupo e prolisso, e il secondo arc più frenetico, la cui vivacità tende a "schiarire" le ombre che storia cela.
Gli elementi fiabeschi sono incorporati in modo curiosi, quasi come una sovversione analitica dei classici clichè: eroici destini, fate madrine e le loro benedizioni, la principessa che sposa il principe, e quant'altro.
If I were a man, I would fight him.
If she were a man, no one would force Kania to try to bear child after child. If I were a man, I would not be the next in line to be married if he kills her. If we were men… She stared at her fingers curled in the dirt. It did not matter. They were not and the history of the world was written in women’s wombs and women’s blood and she would never be allowed to change it.
Il mondo di sfondo che l'autrice ha creato è molto intrigante in molti suoi aspetti, ma per quanto interessante non si è dilungata molto a riguardo, il che ha fatto sicuramente bene alla storia, rendendola molto scorrevole. Allo stesso tempo non mi dispiacerebbe vedere questo potenziale usato in un altro libro con la stessa ambientazione, magari più incentrato nel mondo magico o nelle blistering lands.
Anche se questo non succedesse, vedo che Kingfisher è un'autrice molto prolifica, per cui la scelta sulla prossima lettura è molto ampia. Non vedo l'ora.
Graphic: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Child death and Physical abuse
Minor: Cannibalism and Abortion
qarina'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? No
4.0
Graphic: Child death and Domestic abuse
marayzex'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? No
4.75
Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Confinement and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death
idfowler's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Moderate: Child death and Domestic abuse
polos_missing_skittles's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Domestic abuse
Moderate: Child death
Minor: Sexual assault
delmarr's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Infertility
Minor: Animal death and Child death