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The Mirror Season by Anna-Marie McLemore

10 reviews

mel_j's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad tense

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

5.0

My heart. 

Why is it not possible to give more than 5 stars?

Such s heavy book, but a beautiful one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Racism, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Biphobia, and Alcohol

Minor: Homophobia, Vomit, and Outing

ghostlyprince's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Rape, Gaslighting, Grief, Sexual violence, Confinement, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Outing, Biphobia, Bullying, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Blood, Sexual content, Alcohol, Body shaming, Racism, and Vomit

Minor: Car accident and Fatphobia

imds's review

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Vomit, Biphobia, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Sexual assault

hamstringy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• 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? It's complicated

5.0

I read this at work and had to go hide in the bathroom to cry about it. Ouch. 
This was such an amazing story. It hurts so badly-it’s frighteningly true, and no matter how badly I wanted it never to have happened, I couldn’t make that reality possible, but there’s so much good in there as well.
This book is really peak catharsis, with a lot of really good family and culture woven in. I can tell that McLemore made this with so much care.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Vomit and Racism

Minor: Alcohol and Body shaming

therainbowshelf's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective tense 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

5.0

A beautiful look at trauma and recovery. I loved the characters and mcLemore’s style. This book really handles  trauma well and vividly illustrates what it’s like. I also love food magic! It was great having an m-spec protagonist as well. Strong content warnings for rape, bullying, harassment, homophobia, and panic attacks.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Body shaming, Rape, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Lesbophobia, Racism, and Classism

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Drug use

Minor: Alcohol and Vomit

Being drugged, blackmail

bluberrybooks's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, and Vomit

Moderate: Biphobia

elliotvanz's review

emotional hopeful informative sad fast-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

5.0

No review I write would do this book justice, so I'll just say this: This book broke me open and healed me in equal measure. As a fellow queer survivor I cannot thank you enough for these words, Anna-Marie McLemore. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Bullying, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Vomit and Homophobia

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

emotional sad 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

This book is an important read, but also a difficult one. It's not often that a YA book tackles the sexual assault of a boy, and McLemore deals with this issue with such grace. The comparison of the mirrors to both Ciela and Lock's journeys in the story works so well, and I love how magic is woven into the plot line subtly. It's smooth and fits the characters perfectly.

My heart ached for Ciela and Lock throughout this whole book, which I read in almost one sitting. This book is a stunning look at sexual assault, survivors, and the power structures that often surround being able to get justice and being believed. Seriously, this book is stunning.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Biphobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Rape

Moderate: Homophobia and Drug use

Minor: Sexual content and Vomit

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Racism, Sexism, Vomit, Bullying, and Biphobia

francesjanviers's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Bullying, Homophobia, and Violence

Minor: Blood and Vomit