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challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I don’t really know what to say about this one. It’s a bleak story set in medieval Europe about terrible people doing terrible things and that’s about it. It’s well written and I didn’t hate it but I didn’t necessarily enjoy myself either. What a weird book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Antisemitism, Cannibalism, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail