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Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, War
Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Torture, Blood, Excrement
Graphic: Addiction, Genocide, Racism, Sexual assault, War
Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Abortion, War
Moderate: Genocide
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria
Great pacing, I loved that part. I was intrigued to see where the story headed next. Could not put the book down and demolished it in a weekend.
I thought the first half was more imaginative, but quite cringey/predictable at times. Second half seemed to get lost following the original storylines - some shocking elements seemed to be used to maintain interest.
Couple of key bug-bears:
- Modern swear words (I feel like it's lazy world building),
- Female lead kept "falling" for proximal males
- Themes of self-harm and drug use were strong (I feel they didn't ALL add to the story and were more used for shock-value/impact)
- Certain elements of the war seemed to be included for the shock-value i.e. brief, intense descriptions of gore and SA.
Graphic: Addiction, Genocide, Self harm, Sexual violence, Violence, War
Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Rape
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Mental illness, Rape, Torture, Violence, War
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Genocide, Misogyny, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Racism, Rape
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Infertility, Violence, Blood, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Rape, Torture, Classism
Minor: Vomit, Medical content