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Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Excrement, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail
This book has graphic depictions of violence, assault, drug addiction, and just about every other trigger warning you can think of. Again, not that having that kind of content is bad, it just should be very clearly discussed when talking about the book. Otherwise a reader goes into it, like I did, thinking it was going to be a (to quote a literal reviewer I heard) "Harry Potter meets Avatar: The Last Airbender." That is not this book. I cannot reiterated enough, that is NOT this book.
If you want a book that puts the horrors of the Second Sino-Japanese War into a fictionalized world, this is definitely a book for you. If not, please don't read it. If you're unsure, look up the atrocities that were done against Chinese civilians and then proceed with caution.
Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, War
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
Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Bullying
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: Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Racism, Self harm, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War
Moderate: Animal death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma
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
Main Character reflection:
Themes:
The trigger warnings are no joke, as a heads up.
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Genocide, Gore, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, War
Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Drug use