A review by silea
The Queen of the Cicadas by V. Castro

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

A strange book. The writing feels very disorganized- single paragraphs will veer between topics. Sometimes it contradicts itself from one sentence to the next (telling us a kid slept in his clothes, then that he didn’t sleep at all, etc). But I kept reading, and I finished it, so their must be something compelling about it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Death, Grief, Racism, Racial slurs, Sexism, Hate crime, Murder, Pregnancy, and Body horror

Moderate: Infertility, Religious bigotry, Body shaming, Classism, Alcohol, Drug use, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Suicide, Homophobia, and War