Review by brokenbodybitch - The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina

4.5

low spoon review;

i liked the way the magical realism was done; it was not only interesting but I think done well/realistically?
^ add on kinda; I liked the elements of the flowers and the way those hinted at what was going on
the family dynamics were super interesting; the 'current' generation of the family was a hot mess, and in the best way it was very much the -big wealthy family with the inheritance holder who is kinda pissing everyone off- vibes
the story line with her husbands was interesting but I have to admit it did start to seem like just a lot was going on when the stuff with the star and the 'ring master' dude father story line was going on, again done well but like...it was a lot of things at once
it does have a circus in it though and to my knowledge it was done pretty tastefully but, I am not educated enough on the history of the circus and mistreatment of people [specifically disabled people] to have a valid comment on how it was done [I know some things but not enough to be confident in how it was done] - although there was one comment about a 'circus oddity', in this case it was referring to a magical being so 🤷🏼 I don't know
the pacing was a little funky for me but that is mostly preference; it jumps back and forth between POV kind and time lines so it was a bit confusing at times but, if you normally don't struggle with this it will not be an issue, because for how much it jumped... it wasn't that bad

my content warnings are not thorough as so much happened, I can guarantee I'm prob missing a few

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