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lady_valhella's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Suicide
Moderate: Colonisation, Blood, Classism, Death, Violence, Animal death, and Gaslighting
There is a rivalry between twin brothers and something like a rivalry between a female and male cousin. There is business partnership that is maybe a little toxic. Ok a lot toxic.fruitbatflora'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
3.75
Graphic: Suicide, Sexism, Death, Animal death, Emotional abuse, and Violence
cassielaj's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
It took me a long time to finish it (because of my personal life, not because of the book), so I want to go back to it when I’m in a better place to really dive into the story. Casiopeia is a heroine for the ages, and her escape and adventure with Hun-Kamé makes for some incredible storytelling.
Graphic: Animal death, Murder, Torture, and Death
libraryofmoss's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty
Moderate: Suicide
margaret_k30'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
3.75
Graphic: Violence, Suicide, Misogyny, Self harm, Animal death, Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Classism
Minor: Death of parent
toopunkrockforshul's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Self harm, Animal death, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts
kterbo99's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Moderate: Classism, Animal death, Suicide, Blood, Body horror, and Bullying
shelbyslifer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, and Death
nightmarebees's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
the setting of post-revolutionary mexico was perfect for this story. casiopea’s circumstances as the half-Indigenous “poor relation” of the family serve to examine post-Porfiriato social hierarchy that exists in the background of what is otherwise basically a Mayan fairytale.
don’t get me started on the relationship between casiopea and hun-kamé. i’ll be recovering from this one for weeks. “he’d fallen in love slowly and quietly, and it was a quiet sort of love, full of phrases left unsaid, laced with dreams.” the dynamic reminds me of the last unicorn, of an inextricable connection of love to mortality, how it is the fact that something has an ending that makes it all the more precious.
when i say i cried, it's not an abrupt tragic ripped-your-heart out kind of ending. it’s a quiet and inevitable sadness, a deep ache. it’s holding onto something beautiful that did happen, but it's just over now, and is all the more beautiful for the fact that it could only happen once.
tl;dr this book fucked me up.
Minor: Animal death and Sexism
laurasullivan's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Death
Minor: Death of parent and Animal death