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A mix of fantasy and tragedy, warfare and death, this is an intense story and I’m not sure I have the heart for another.
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Medical content, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Classism
Minor: Confinement, Abandonment
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Classism
Probably one of the best fantasy work I have ever read. As usual, Kuang strikes true and hard, her prose incredible, poetic and gutwrenching in the best way possible.
Her stories pull at something deep inside of you and nestle there to never leave, and I welcome them with open arms.
A must read for any fantasy lover.
However, do check the trigger warnings beforehand.
This book is raw and Kuang doesn't coddle the reader. The atrocities that war inevitably brings are showed in all their horror. This is not a light read and some scenes are very graphic.
Please read the trigger warnings if you are a sensitive reader.
Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Infertility, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Pregnancy
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Suicide attempt
Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Classism
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War
This was fun, very hard to read at times, very cruel, but super readable!
Definitely would recommend if you can stomach it~
The writing tough.. I don't know, something felt off. Like she would say something and later that was not actually the case, and the again, and it happended too many times throughout the book for my taste. Maybe it has a reason why? dk.
Also, like.. I don't think I really know what she is trying to convey with these books, but I guess I'll have to wait to finish the series!
Solid 4 stars!
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Slavery
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Classism
despite the low rating i may still read the rest of this trilogy, i’m interested in seeing where this goes.
my main issue with this book was the character work… they were all underdeveloped and the characterization that was there felt inconsistent. both the characters and some parts of the story are very trope-y, and nothing interesting is done with those tropes. the world building is lacking and pulled me out of the story a few times. i don’t know how i feel about how the speerlies are depicted either…
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Torture, Xenophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism