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icanbeyourqueero 's review for:
Five Broken Blades
by Mai Corland
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Highly recommend checking content warnings!
I really enjoyed this book, it was trope heavy in a way that felt very natural for the story. The characters were compelling and well written, and the slight differences in how they narrated really helped with giving them agency. It felt like things were guessable, but a good chunk of the twists still came with shock. The world was built really well and I think it handled the darker themes with both sensitivity and realism.
I really enjoyed this book, it was trope heavy in a way that felt very natural for the story. The characters were compelling and well written, and the slight differences in how they narrated really helped with giving them agency. It felt like things were guessable, but a good chunk of the twists still came with shock. The world was built really well and I think it handled the darker themes with both sensitivity and realism.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism