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lonicera_fragrantissima's review
dark
funny
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I'm a sucker for a mash up/pastiche. I wasn't a big fan of this though. Moore is a good writer - virtuoso marrying together so many allusions and stories, from Shakespeare to Poe to Pratchett not to mention some actual history apparently and an insightful reframe of Lear. But a lot of the humor is so ugly (misogynist, ablelist, ageist, homophobic) and cringingly dirty. I'm still enough of a sucker for mash ups I'm off to check out the rest of the series though...
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Ableism
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Classism, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Rape, Suicide, Violence, Homophobia, War, and Forced institutionalization
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