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Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture
Moderate: Homophobia, Pedophilia
Minor: Rape
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual content, Torture, Religious bigotry
Minor: Pedophilia, Rape
Graphic: Homophobia, Blood, Religious bigotry
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Death of parent, War
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Alcohol
Graphic: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Murder, War
Moderate: Gore, Sexual content
Minor: Bullying, Drug abuse
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual content, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Torture, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Grief
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Outing, Alcohol
Graphic: Addiction, Violence, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Homophobia, Grief, War
So ya, I dunno.
I think the writing was excellent, the world was immersive and thrilling, and the story compelling. The battle scenes are expertly written and many moments are truly exhilarating. The prose is beautiful and poetic, the characters are memorable and unique. I really enjoyed what was basically a randomly generated DND party of diverse folks, forced together and fighting against all odds on a quest to save the broken world. It seems to heavily take inspiration from other media I love like The Witcher and The Last of Us, though that meant I wasn't too surprised by the direction. It was just so painfully obviously written by a man the feminist in me couldn't help but cringe often. And don't get me wrong, I get that the point of showing all of this violence and hatred of women is to highlight it as toxic and wrong. But the way it's written also glorifies it, and the story isn't about fighting the patriarchy - it's about a man out for revenge and glory, his enemy just happens to also be thinly veiled patriarchy and religious zealotry.
Ex: A vampire obsessed with teenage girls and turning them to be his unwilling slaves, literally pulling his carriage all half naked? = Evil, this is a villain, we don't root for him. But the writing itself directs the reader to see these things moreso as acts of great power and strength, and the simple truth of what a man would do if they were infinite and unkillable. This vampire is described very positively as beautiful, strong, something to be respected and feared. Yes he's a villain, but I'm also not convinced the author doesn't sort of revere men like him or at least see this as the average man's ideal. And the many examples of this throughout are hard to ignore.
Overall I did really like it, I just feel a little icky about it. And I truly could have done without the underage kid sexualizing. And the animal deaths :(
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail