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There were parts of this book that I loved, and characters that I loved. I thought it was well written and so well done, but whether I want to actually spend my time reading about what I think is coming is a whole seperate question.
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Self harm, Torture, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Rape
The book rests on two interconnected themes. The first: The horrors that occur when humans think they are bigger and more important than they actually are. The second: The line between justice and revenge, and the consequences of pursuing the latter. These themes are explored through bigotry in the form of racism, classism, and sexism (primarily in the first half) and total war (primarily in the second half). It strikes a masterful balance between being too subtle and too outright as the story plays out and revolves around these themes. Neither preachy nor cryptic.
I recommend this book to any fiction reader who can handle the all-too-real depictions of human-inflicted atrocities. [If you’re on the edge, I attempted to be as thorough as I could with my content warnings attached to this review. This is one of the few times I’d actually recommend checking content warnings prior to reading a book.]
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Infertility, Pedophilia, Excrement, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy
Minor: Vomit, Alcohol, Pandemic/Epidemic
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail
I admit I really struggled with the content as the story does differ some dark themes in great detail and three fact that it is loosely based on historic events really impacts on the readers emotions as the journey through the story.
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail
I did enjoy it! It’s one I would recommend to people, but I did not love it. Wren (sp?) the main female character is very whiny, full of herself, & can get annoying. Really hoping she progresses throughout the trilogy!
Alton’s (sp?) ending is beautifully tragic and I hope his sacrifice makes a difference! Already Wren is struggling with it in book 2.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Addiction, Gore, Violence, War
Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Grief, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal cruelty, Blood