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story_goblin's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
This book is very intense. It’s about finding our own voice through everything that has happened to us. Despite the way she was raised, despite the abuse she suffered, through it all, the protagonist made her own decision in the end. Due to some of my own experiences, it was important to me to see her choose which aspects of her upbringing and abuse to reject and which aspects to mold into her chosen self. I am generally wary of stories that involve abuse because most oversimplify the healing process and/or over-focus on the trauma. This book did neither of those things. It does not pull punches about her abuse, but it also does not spend pages detailing the horrific details. It does not victim-blame, but it does allow the victim to be a complex, complicated person. Who are is not solely dependent on what happened to us, nor is what happened to us insignificant in the crafting of ourselves.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Trafficking, Rape, Child abuse, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Drug abuse, Racism, Drug use, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Genocide, Xenophobia, and Classism
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dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
4.5
Bipoc author.
Sci-fi - humanity trying to co-exist on a new planet with aliens that once destroyed earth
Sci-fi - humanity trying to co-exist on a new planet with aliens that once destroyed earth
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, Drug abuse, and Sexual assault
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