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ceresper's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Torture, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, and Colonisation
Moderate: Misogyny
Minor: Trafficking, Child death, Rape, Slavery, and Death
grace_bunty's review against another edition
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Slavery, Torture, and Trafficking
samothraces's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Alcoholism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Torture, and Death
Moderate: Misogyny and Slavery
Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual violence
cheye13's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, and Torture
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Violence
Minor: Alcohol, Classism, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Slavery, and War
labbradorite's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Rape, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Slavery
foreverinastory's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Rep: Japanese inspired cast. Dark skinned genderfluid queer MC, sapphic cis female MC, dark skinned male side character, nonbinary side character, indigenous cishet male side character.
CWs: Torture (water boarding), violence, blood, death, murder, slavery, alcoholism, alcohol consumption, trafficking (slaves), colonisation, gun violence, physical abuse, grief, addiction, gore, rape, injury/injury detail, misogyny, sexism, sexual assault, child death, confinement, xenophobia, general queerphobia/queermisia, drug use, emotional abuse, sexual harassment, animal cruelty (mermaids), drug abuse, child abuse, racism. Moderate: vomit, genocide recounted, pedophilia, kidnapping, death of parent, lesbophobia/lesbomisia, classism, gaslighting, war.
Graphic: Trafficking, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Animal cruelty, Racism, Violence, Gun violence, Child abuse, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Confinement, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Blood, Child death, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Grief, Addiction, Gore, Death, Slavery, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Rape, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Vomit, Genocide, Classism, Pedophilia, Gaslighting, War, and Death of parent
luna_is_superior's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Gun violence, Physical abuse, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Racism, Blood, Genocide, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Murder, and Sexism
Moderate: Addiction, Classism, Trafficking, Alcoholism, Death, and Drug abuse
Minor: Grief, Torture, Vomit, Abandonment, Slavery, Rape, Child death, Transphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual assault
miabellawymer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexism, Grief, and Murder
anniereads221's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Kidnapping, and Murder
Moderate: Rape
Drowningmaggie_daydreaming's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
I did feel like it was trying to be deeper and more lyrical than it was, especially toward the beginning. The concept felt like it could have been written in a similar style to Black Sun, with beautiful worldbuilding and descriptions and breathtaking writing, but it didn't quite get to that point. But that's okay- this author simply has a different style, and I don't mean to complain about her style not being someone else's.
A more fair complaint- the world at the beginning felt a little flat and dry, kind of like a middle grades novel where it doesn't go super in-depth, though maybe it was just me having a hard time getting into it. It did pick up as the book went on.
But okay! The plot of this book! Was so good! Mermaids and witches and pirates and magic and imperialism and love, with twists and turns, always enthralling... it was fantastic.
And the characters and their relationships and the rep in this book <3
Highly recommend if you like pirates, mermaids, and/or queer relationships. If that's not your jam, this probably isn't the book for you.
Graphic: Colonisation, Torture, Death, and Murder
Moderate: Slavery, Alcohol, and Blood
Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Death of parent