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Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder
Moderate: Drug use, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: War
This is a character study. If you are looking for descriptive battle scenes and clear resolutions, this may not be the book for you. Political intrigue, characters agonizing over their decisions, betrayal, and to the victors go the spoils is a driving force in this book.
Graphic: Death, Violence
Minor: Drug use, Misogyny, Grief, Death of parent
Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Mental illness
Minor: Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Suicide
Graphic: Death, Violence, War
Moderate: Gore, Blood, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Cursing, Suicide, Torture, Death of parent, Alcohol
Looking forward to the character development in the next two books. Hopeful at least because if specifically one person doesn’t change that will be the death of them.
I really want to give it 5 stars and maybe I will but I will update that once I get off the high of the book. I just finished it and I usually think books are better immediately after finishing them than they tend to be. That being said, this book genuinely is so well written and emotional. I thoroughly enjoyed it and I don’t think there was a moment where I felt it was dragged on or that I wished for it to be over.
Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Pedophilia, Violence, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Self harm
Moderate: Pedophilia
Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Self harm, Torture, Dementia
Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Murder
Graphic: Death, Gore
Moderate: Drug use, Sexual content
Minor: Drug abuse
“the clan is my blood, and the pillar is its master.”
what a ride this book is. the characters are so rich and complex and imperfect that they come to life and really feel like family members. the politics and the worldbuilding is so immersive. and this book touches on so many important themes of spirituality, addiction, leadership, and ethical decisions in wartime in really profound ways without forgetting the plot. the magic system is truly so unique and the cost/benefit aspect to it adds another layer to the book and another challenge for the characters. im not giving this a full 5 stars bc ik fonda lee is just going to blow my mind even more in the next two books, but i really do think this is a masterpiece of modern fantasy.
Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Misogyny