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sirpasta's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide
Moderate: Colonisation, Death, War, Xenophobia, Violence, Slavery, Murder, Drug use, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, and Torture
Minor: Child abuse, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Sexual violence, Confinement, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, and Cannibalism
onthebooksel's review against another edition
dark
emotional
tense
slow-paced
5.0
Content warnings for: violence, animal cruelty, death, slavery, rape/sexual assault (pages 810-812 in chapter 56)
I want to firstly mention that while Liu does a really good job subverting many narrative tropes - his attempt at subverting the barbarian trope with one conversation between two warring peoples about who really belongs on the land when you know that your people also settled here at some point fails because of the rape of the one character almost immediately afterwards.
Otherwise Liu proves himself to be an all around outstanding author and if you want a more in depth review I would check out Tammie’s review here:
https://goodreads.com/review/show/3723995676?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1
I want to firstly mention that while Liu does a really good job subverting many narrative tropes - his attempt at subverting the barbarian trope with one conversation between two warring peoples about who really belongs on the land when you know that your people also settled here at some point fails because of the rape of the one character almost immediately afterwards.
Otherwise Liu proves himself to be an all around outstanding author and if you want a more in depth review I would check out Tammie’s review here:
https://goodreads.com/review/show/3723995676?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Animal death, Death, Grief, Violence, Slavery, Torture, War, Kidnapping, Rape, and Sexual assault
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