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A review by onlyoko
The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna
3.0
I honestly had a really hard time reading this book, for two big reasons:
- First, the abundance of violence. I understand this book wants to show us how bad this world is for girls, but some stuff was *really* crude and hard to digest as there was no warning for it. It needs a huge trigger warning.
- Secondly, I found it really hard to appreciate Deka as a character, particularly in the first part of the book. It does get a lot better throught the story, but the fact that the character development happens off screen, in the "time skips", really makes it hard to relate to her and bear a story written through her eyes.
Finally, as a minor pet peeve, I was somewhat
- First, the abundance of violence. I understand this book wants to show us how bad this world is for girls, but some stuff was *really* crude and hard to digest as there was no warning for it. It needs a huge trigger warning.
- Secondly, I found it really hard to appreciate Deka as a character, particularly in the first part of the book. It does get a lot better throught the story, but the fact that the character development happens off screen, in the "time skips", really makes it hard to relate to her and bear a story written through her eyes.
Finally, as a minor pet peeve, I was somewhat