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Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War
Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Excrement, Suicide attempt
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury
But definitely pick this up !! ⭐️
Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, War
Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Gore, Hate crime, Slavery, Torture, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Minor: Fatphobia, Infertility, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Excrement, Dementia
Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Cannibalism, Pandemic/Epidemic
Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Classism
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Rape, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Excrement
Minor: Bullying
Graphic: Child death, Genocide, Gore, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Murder, War
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Medical content
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Self harm, Excrement, Vomit
Minor: Pedophilia, Death of parent
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
If you are looking for a lighthearted political fantasy THIS. IS. NOT. THE. BOOK. FOR. YOU.
I seriously wish I had read more reviews that stated that because I didn’t know what this book entailed and was caught off guard. There should be content warnings printed on the first page.
The pros:
The Magic system established is truly unique - with shamans and martial arts and Lore. The characters are somewhat likable and unique, and I was interested in their motivations and their journey. I actually liked that Altan and Rin didn’t have a love story - there was a commander/soldier relationship, an emotional connection between the last two Speerlies left after a genocide, and arguably a abusive friendship. I liked the enemies to friends with Nezha.
The cons:
This book has complex themes. There’s racism, genocide, war, torture - you name it and it’s there - it’s graphic and disturbing af. Like seriously disturbing. I get that there’s an argument for the readers needing to be disturbed by the books content to fully understand the characters motivations and that many of the events that happened in this book can be referenced in actual history but there should be trigger warnings everywhere in that book. It’s challenging and dark. I don’t think what happened to Venka needed to be as graphic as it was. The retelling of what happened to the pregnant woman? Sick. I went through all of the context warnings I would add for this book and there were at least 28 and you could argue for more.
To be honest, I don’t think I will recommend this book to people because I wish I hadn’t read some of the scenes. I’m not sure I’ll even read the second book.
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail