Reviews tagging 'Antisemitism'

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

146 reviews

lira_the_recluse's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

An expanded fairy tale. It was a treat to see the Slavic folktale inspiration. All the characters had believable and complex motivations. 

A couple minor things. I wish there were fewer point of view characters, but I don't mind that as much as th second point. I wished there was an audio marker or something to let you know when a POV switch happens mid chapter. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Antisemitism, and Child abuse

teigenbereadin's review against another edition

adventurous medium-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? No

4.0

This is a perfect fairytale retelling that has me trying to guess what fairytale it was based on through most of the book! (I hate it when the original fairytale is too obvious) I love the clever princess trope (think shaharazad) and so that was awesome. The characters have depth and grow through the book. My only complaint is that sometimes the plot ties can be a bit hard to follow. Like there was an explanation of some of the magic rules and it was pretty vague and left me confused until it came into play in the book. But I definitely would recommend this book to fantasy lovers!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Antisemitism

Minor: Rape

kurumipanda's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Antisemitism, Torture, Violence, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Minor: Animal death, Rape, Xenophobia, Blood, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, and Classism

kateceratops's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Kidnapping, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual assault

There isn't a lot of violence, but two or three scenes get very intense.

keishbby's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia, Child abuse, Child death, and Antisemitism

Minor: Child death and Sexual assault

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Classism, Death of parent, Grief, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Antisemitism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

jalexpulliamkepler's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Loved the themes, the characters, and the story. A perfect winter read!

CW: mentions of SA, sexism, anti-semitism, violence, alcohol abuse, child abuse, death of parent, death of child, mentions of infidelity, hunger, poverty, animal cruelty, horse death

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Addiction, Sexism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Genocide

Minor: Sexual assault

letheaster's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-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

4.25

Really enjoyed this book. The multiple POVs were well done, and each one did a good job of differentiating themselves from each other. Miryem was probably my favorite character :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Antisemitism, and Child abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Violence

Minor: Rape and Child death

gopanini's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Confinement

Moderate: Antisemitism

Minor: Miscarriage and Rape

directorpurry's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Kidnapping, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism and Child abuse

Minor: Child death and Pregnancy