Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo

87 reviews

puttingwingsonwords's review

mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Grief, Infertility, Pregnancy, and Xenophobia

Minor: War and Suicide

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Misogyny, Xenophobia, Confinement, and War

Minor: Pregnancy, Violence, Murder, Suicide, Animal death, and Sexual content

lain_darko's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad fast-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: Death, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Slavery

Minor: Suicide

horationelson's review

mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Confinement, Infertility, Violence, and War

mlewis's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Death, and War

Minor: Grief, Infertility, Suicide, Pregnancy, and Religious bigotry

reviewsandreadathons's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Death, and Pregnancy

Minor: War

booksthatburn's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-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

5.0

THE EMPRESS OF SALT AND FORTUNE unwinds layers of grief and years of confinement amidst luxury into the willing ears of a Cleric sent to record all they can.

The layering of the framing narrative and the tale being told made this feel like it has the scope of a much larger novel while keeping the intimacy of a personal story told by one person to another over an ultimately brief period of time. I loved it and I'm eager to read more in this series.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia, Grief, Pregnancy, and Death

Minor: Medical trauma

maiagaia's review

emotional reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Just when I was worrying about now having read any 5 star books this year, this little novella gut punched me and made me cry. I don't know HOW Nghi Vo did it. The world and characters spring off the page with so much life and joy and sorrow. From the first moment, I was hooked. The prose are to die for. Absolutely poetic and succinct and perfect. It's such a short story that I cannot recommend it enough.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Infertility, Pregnancy, Suicide, and War

troisha's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and Xenophobia

Minor: Infertility, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Suicide, and Death of parent

wrenthebard's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Short, but achingly beautiful. A gorgeous narrative with a non-binary framing character (which makes this they/them feel seen and validated - I literally cried with delight), I am so eager to read more of Cleric Chih's stories.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Confinement, Death, and Grief

Minor: Murder, Abortion, and Suicide