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The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by S.A. Chakraborty

230 reviews

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

• 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Genocide, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Transphobia, Vomit, Cannibalism, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and War

scrubsandbooks's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

• 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

4.5

Gorgeous gorgeous queer characterizations. This was one of my most memorable reads of the summer thanks to the hilarious storytelling and the chef's kiss audiobook narration. I don't read many 30+ badass FMCs but this was one of those I can genuinely say was worth the read. I especially loved the mix of both folklore and mythology of various cultures written in this. If there's a book two, I'm getting it in a heartbeat.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Slavery, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual assault

kassidyreads's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Minor: Torture, Transphobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

frog_appreciator's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny slow-paced

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

4.75

I was thoroughly invested from the beginning and enjoyed myself the whole way through. Amina is a delightful character, and I felt a sense of wonder the whole time I was reading. First i’ve read by the author but I’ll definitely be checking out her other books :) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Slavery and Kidnapping

bookndaisies's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

toopunkrockforshul's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-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

4.0

Overall an enjoyable book! There were some parts that felt a little incongruous and the ending wasn't as satisfying as it could have been, but the characters were really interesting as was the worldbuilding!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Religious bigotry

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Slavery

geekmom's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

This was fun but not as absorbing or coherent of a narrative as the Daevabad trilogy. At times it felt like the author wasn’t quite sure what to do to make the story move along and relied on tropes to get past that. I’m hoping that the next book will be a bit stronger.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, and Violence

miastr's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Rape, Slavery, and Transphobia

futureofmydays's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Islamophobia, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Genocide, Homophobia, Misogyny, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, Grief, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Vomit

blacksphinx's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Sexual content, Torture, Transphobia, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Homophobia, Sexual assault, Slavery, Islamophobia, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Dysphoria