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Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan

35 reviews

anaguana's review

dark emotional

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Murder, War, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Colonisation, Blood, Alcohol, and Animal death

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Homophobia

cakeylu's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I fell in love with this book immediately. The world building and lore are solid and brilliantly written; the characters feel like complex, whole people who really inhabit this world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Confinement, Death, Grief, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, Sexual assault, Slavery, Classism, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Rape, and War

thevieira's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Violence, Slavery, Animal death, Death, Misogyny, Confinement, and Torture

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Lesbophobia, and Sexual content

Minor: Infertility and Bullying

almoore5's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Classism, Slavery, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and Outing

dododenise's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-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

While it took a while, this book sucked me in. A beautiful and rich world, so well described that I was living in this magical world the last few days. The characters needed some getting used to, but once I did, I embraced and loved them. All of them were so carefully crafted and given beautiful depth. All the while a wonderful forbidden romance blossomed in the middle of it. 
The story was a difficult one, but drew me in even more because of it. I suffered with these characters and fought with them. I definitely want to continue the series and keep on fighting with them. I desperately want to know where this world and its characters will go. 
Unfortunately the book at the typical problem of a high fantasy book: a slow start with a lot of world building, making it incredibly hard to be drawn in. It probably took a solid 100 pages. I would’ve given this book the full five stars if it wasn’t for the rocky start. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Animal death, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Death of parent, Blood, Sexism, Alcohol, Homophobia, Violence, Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Grief, Confinement, and Murder

Minor: Infertility and Fire/Fire injury

emmaowens's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Physical abuse, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Animal death, Blood, Grief, Slavery, and War

Minor: Infertility and Vomit

yohhhanna's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I read this book once already 2 years ago but somehow I only realized now on my reread that I never wrote a review. so this is just my second thoughts no first reaction..
this book is perfect for anyone looking for an Asian-inspired fantasy world with strong sapphic main characters fighting against their oppressors. also there's lots of friendship, food descriptions and a himbo helping the girls. I strongly urge you to have a look at the trigger warnings beforehand though.

spoiler warning just in case: wren is an absolute goddess, where do I get a gf like her? she makes me feel all giddy and her love isn't even directed at me. I love how her and lei are never whiny, always fighting, always fire. and I miss kenzo already :(

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Misogyny, Alcohol, Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, and Kidnapping

cassie12_21's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The following spoilers are info on the trigger warning r@pe (not in detail) <there is no rape talked about in detail in the book, but it is still discussed alot, the king has paper girls whom he used for sex>

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Slavery, Torture, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Murder, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Animal death

Minor: Gore, Infidelity, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Death, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Murder

starlessnights's review

1.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

therainbowshelf's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.0

The gist 📚: Lei is taken from her village and made to serve as a concubine to the king as one of his Paper Girls. Her resolve to free herself of the situation solidifies when she falls in love. I enjoyed this book.

For readers looking for 💕: a vivid fantasy world, a harem genre story, political intrigue, fighting oppression, kick-ass Heroins, and queer romance. 

My thoughts 💭 The world is vivid and reminded me of Daughter of Smoke and Bone because of the human/demon denizins of the world. There were prominent aspects I didn't enjoy, though. The climax also didn't quite feel earned, which really took away from the whole experience for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Grief, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Rape, Racism, Body shaming, and Bullying