chimichannika 's review for:

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

2.75

dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

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three stars is generous tbh and I ended up changing it to 2.5 to be more honest about it 🫠 I have so many thoughts on this book (a few good, quite a few nuanced, and many critiques) and maybe will try to condense them to an appropriate review length; if I do so successfully I may come back and lengthen this review later but tldr… priory I yearn for the book you have the potential to be 🥲

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Incest, Miscarriage, Xenophobia, Vomit, Cultural appropriation, Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Infidelity, Excrement