Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson

3 reviews

hematthews's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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miniingrid's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Tiene puntos interesantes y que son necesarios visibilizar. Pero ha intentado acaparar tanto que la mayoría se quedan en poco más que una mención.
La historia es un cliché detrás de otro, y quiero creer que el dumping superficial de la diversidad en los personajes de debe a que es la primera novela de la serie. Quizás sea el tono, que me parece muy básico y simple.
En general me gustan las novelas de fantasía/ciencia ficción que tratan temas importantes y duros, pero sin perder ese punto de desconexión con la realidad que te permite evadirte aunque solo sea un poco. Aquí se recrea tanto en la transfobia sin aportar una réplica al mismo nivel, que me parece una oportunidad perdida y un simple (pero perfectamente comprensible) desahogo. Y me ha dejado con la sensación de estar leyendo a las terfas de Twitter más que una novela de fantasía.

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shannon_readsbooks's review

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challenging medium-paced
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.0

I’m marking this as read because I DNF’d it at about 85%. I know the author is trans and that she can speak to her and the experience of being trans in general, however she is also white. There is well written representation of a Black witch as one of the POVs, but I DNF’d because it made me very uncomfortable that she had one of the
transphobic main characters describe Trans Aboriginal Australian witches as “balding gorillas in floral dresses”
and that just felt really yucky to me. I know the character is supposed to be The Bad Guy but a white author using that wording felt wrong potentially bordering on racist. Disappointed, I was very excited to read a book by a trans author and with such good rep.

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