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Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Rape, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Rape, Xenophobia, Colonisation, War
war doesn't determine who wins. war determines who remains
what was that. I haven't even been able to cry, because I've just been in shock. be careful when entering this book because it's war. and I handle explicit violence pretty well when written, but this has so much more. I had to skip a page.
other than that, it's so immersive. you learn the history of the entire world that's been created and it's heartbreaking. they talk about how in war you either win or lose but then again, does anyone ever win at wars? the characters are one thing first and then they change and you get to see it so clearly sometimes but then others you're just taken aback because "when did they become this?" but you think back and it's been there all along.
it's a made up world that treats real world aspects, and none of them are good. they're presented as crude as they are too. I really liked this book. I thought it'd have a bigger emotional impact, but I think that because of my thinking I haven't let myself sink into any character. if I'd walked in blind I probably would've balled my eyes out.
the magic system and the lore is so unlike anything I've read before and yet it's so what people thought others in our world did. the way everything connects and the way you go about the story is so satisfying to read because it all makes sense as you go. and if it doesn't, it will soon. it leaves you hanging and it makes you question things about the characters and sometimes even yourself.
also fuck you, jun
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Rape, Xenophobia, Colonisation, War, Classism
Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, War
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Rape, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation
Minor: Animal cruelty
Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Racism, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Colonisation, War, Classism
Graphic: Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Racism, Rape, Violence, Blood, Murder, Colonisation, War