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The Grace Year by Kim Liggett

251 reviews

persephonefoxx's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Violence, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Bullying, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, and Physical abuse

Minor: Infertility

maddie_palmer's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Death, and Violence

eggboy397's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Misogyny, Self harm, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, and Pedophilia

spectacles_and_books's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

The Handmaid's Tale meets Lord of the Flies.

I feel torn between loving this and wishing that the story went in the direction I was hoping for. The premise really got me hooked and the ending was intriguing. Some of the pacing was a little slow. Overall, I would recommend this if you're wanting a good dystopian read with feminine rage.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Death

Moderate: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Misogyny, and Violence

kparsons44's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.75

 Since I'm still processing this book, which I voraciously read in two or three sittings, I'd say I will recommend this book to everyone that loves dystopian fiction! Tierney was a strong, realistic, hopeful protagonist that inspired me to be more present with the conversations I have with my daughters and women around me.
The writing was very fast paced, broken into seasons of the Grace Year, so it reads more like a diary without marked chapters. There is an eeriness left in my imagination after reading this book about how similar our worlds are, or how precious the freedoms women have been "granted" by the men who owned them. Seeing good men represented in a feminist book, identifying what makes a great ally for women's rights, is great to see.
Like Tierney, we all have dreams of the world we want to see reality become. The ambiguous ending frustrates me but I do love getting decide what really happened.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Death, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Violence, Suicide, Torture, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

arsmagicalibrorum's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Physical abuse, Violence, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Classism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Suicide, and Torture

Minor: Miscarriage and Medical content

hannahkmay's review against another edition

Way too violent for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

phoebemcneely's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Suicide, Death, Misogyny, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Vomit

sleepyreaderthings's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I’m writing this immediately after I finished the book, and I am overcome with a range of emotions. I was not expecting this book to feel nostalgic at all, but it reminded me of The Handmaid’s Tale and Lord of the Flies, as well as other things I can’t quite place. This is a story about oppression and misogyny, but it is also about love, grief, and hope. The acknowledgement page is everything to me, and it shows where the author got the passion to write this. This story is for all the girls and women out there who have been made to feel less than men. This is for the women who were burned at the stake for witchcraft because men need to control everything.

There is something so special about this book that had me reading it in two days, and eating up every second of it. I didn’t come into this book thinking I would love it and resonate with the characters as much as I did. There were insufferable characters, and there were moments of extreme frustration on my end. However, all of that needed to happen. If I got what I wanted, the ending wouldn’t be the same and have the same impact. I was mad (

with Keirsten especially omg I wish she died

) and heartbroken at times (

Ryker

), but I’m still left with a bittersweet feeling at the end of it all. 

One of the few gripes I had is a spoiler so blocking it.

Tierney and Ryker needed more development. I would have loved to see more of their relationship grow and their feelings bc it felt a little insta love. Also idk how old Ryker is? Bc she’s like 16 soo

I also saw the twist coming

with Hans. I enjoyed it and didn’t mind that it was predictable too much. Overall the message is there. He felt like he deserved her when he didn’t. He was a grown man and she was a child, but he felt ownership over her.

I didn’t take any points off bc the message of the story means everything.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Religious bigotry, Animal death, Misogyny, Sexism, Grief, Torture, Violence, and Physical abuse

ellakwatson's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, and Vomit