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semperlunaris's review against another edition
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Child abuse, Gore, Misogyny, War, and Child death
Moderate: Sexual harassment and Rape
withlivjones's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Some books are sprints, and you can power through at least 100 pages a day. Some books are marathons. This is one such book. It took me nearly three months to get through it, when it would usually take me less than a week to read another book of the same length. Don’t get me wrong, the writing is often very good, particularly the sections where the narration goes into Joan’s internal monologue and she thinks an entire speech that she can’t say out loud because she’s a woman. But the book is so incredibly slow-paced and dense that it takes an awful lot of brain power to take in the prose. It got interesting around two thirds in, but it shouldn’t take two thirds of a book for it to get interesting. It’s a good book, but I would have definitely rated it higher had it been about 100 pages shorter.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Child death, Animal death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, War, Misogyny, and Sexism
Moderate: Suicide, Rape, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault
prappleby's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence and War
Moderate: Rape and Misogyny
joanasimao's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Sexism, Rape, Misogyny, Animal death, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and War
chloebrown13's review against another edition
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Misogyny
Minor: Rape
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