therainbowshelf 's review for:

The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

4.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Weirdly, this is the 3rd or 4th witch hunt/burnings book I’ve read this year. This is really well written and interesting, and does a great job of character development and crafting the remote setting. It is also stressful (check content warnings), as witch hunt books usually are!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Torture, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Rape, Sexual violence

Persecution, false accusations, witch hunt, drowning