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Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse
our heroine rin is the perfect shade of grey. the pacing at the beginning of the story was very slow, but i'm glad i stuck with rin's journey. her motivation for wanting to go to the sinegard are simple and strong. the scene where she
the military academy portion was my favourite part of the book, and i think rin made some really touching friendships there. rin's relationships with other characters - specifically jiang and altan added to her complexities. there was so much to analyse, and this is only the first book! (imo rin attributes power with safety, but in actuality, on top is the most dangerous place to be as someone will always seek to rob her of such a high status.)
the revelation that rin was
very curious to see how this journey continues.
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Misogyny, Racism, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Rape, Pregnancy
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Rape, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy
Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Colonisation, War
Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Colonisation, War, Classism
Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Rape, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Infertility, Medical content
Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Mental illness, Rape, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Alcohol, Colonisation
Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War
Moderate: Infertility, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence
Things seemed well thought out and nothing gave the impression of being shallow; just a character because it was needed which I really liked.
Slight spoiler because I don’t know how to talk about this book otherwise.
I really liked the time skips in the first half of the book. It didn’t need to tell certain things in detail so I’m glad it didn’t. It took me by surprise, that’s for sure, but I liked it. It also made things more convincing to learn that significant time had passed without anything noteworthy because that’s just life.
Still in the slight spoiler zone, but my closing thoughts. It was quite difficult to read at times. Again, I didn’t know anything going into this book so I didn’t expect the turn it took. I’m used to books glossing over a lot of things, but again, it delivered on the name.
I honestly don’t know if I’ll read the other books. I’m quite overwhelmed by everything. There were moments where I didn’t even want to read because it would just lead to more missery. It was a good book on its own and as of right now, I don’t feel any need to read the next one. I think I need to leave this world for a while before I light pick up the next one.
All in all, would recommend with caution :)
(Audiobook)
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Violence, War
Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Rape, Torture
Minor: Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Kidnapping, Colonisation, Classism
Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail