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kamoy 's review for:
Captive Prince
by C.S. Pacat
this one is hard to rate because i went into it having heard a lot of controversy around the topics depicted in the story. I did kind of expect to dislike it because of what I'd heard, but I actually really ended up liking it. There are some really disturbing topics explored in the story (namely, slavery and sexual abuse), but I think they actually were handled well. I think there's a difference between depicting something disturbing and wrong and condoning it, and I think the author did an excellent job of showing some really messed up things in order to critique them, examine the power dynamics that allowed them to happen, and depict characters working through them and finding healing or solace. I am saying this having the retrospective of reading the whole series, and I do think a lot of the unpacking comes in the second and particularly third book, so I do understand how some people feel disturbed after this book. But I think the seeds are very much planted in this book and they will grow and really be explored later on. Plus the writing is great and the characterization is even better!