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Tuyo
by Rachel Neumeier
adventurous
emotional
fast-paced
This was generally nice as some relatively easy reading. I mean, the book does get surprisingly dark, but the prose was simple enough that I could read it when my brain was pretty fried, which is what I needed at the time.
The character relationships were pretty well written. It was interesting to read a book with a platonic relationship between two men, one of which is much younger and under the power of the older. The last book I read like that was The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin, and I'll say the Ryo and Aras dynamic was much more interesting and emotionally impactful to me than Ged and Arren's. I think Ryo and Aras's interpersonal relationship is tested quite a bit more, which probably helped.
My main disclaimer is that Ryo's culture felt very exaggerated in a somewhat uncomfortable way for me. You know when you have a very tribal society in a fantasy book that's obsessed with honor to like, an unhealthy degree? It was the point where they felt kind of exoticized. I would call it the Noble Savage trope but I don't think the connotations with that are quite right, but it's related at the very least. That being said, Ryo's culture wasn't really based on any real world culture in particular, so I'm not going to get too offended on behalf of fictional characters. But if this is something you know annoys you, I guess this is your heads up.
The character relationships were pretty well written. It was interesting to read a book with a platonic relationship between two men, one of which is much younger and under the power of the older. The last book I read like that was The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin, and I'll say the Ryo and Aras dynamic was much more interesting and emotionally impactful to me than Ged and Arren's. I think Ryo and Aras's interpersonal relationship is tested quite a bit more, which probably helped.
My main disclaimer is that Ryo's culture felt very exaggerated in a somewhat uncomfortable way for me. You know when you have a very tribal society in a fantasy book that's obsessed with honor to like, an unhealthy degree? It was the point where they felt kind of exoticized. I would call it the Noble Savage trope but I don't think the connotations with that are quite right, but it's related at the very least. That being said, Ryo's culture wasn't really based on any real world culture in particular, so I'm not going to get too offended on behalf of fictional characters. But if this is something you know annoys you, I guess this is your heads up.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War
Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Racism, Rape, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death, Child death, Vomit, Kidnapping, Classism
Psychosis is more magically induced false memories and hallucinations.