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silenciadelumbrae 's review for:
The Black Jewels Trilogy
by Anne Bishop
Okay, I don't even know how to begin to review this.
It has so many problems and in so many ways is so awful, but I just. I love it, you guys. I love it. It is trashy and there are parts that I still skip to this day because I am So Disgusted or pissed off with how they are handled. I do not like the rape scenes (and there are many, of men and women AND CHILDREN) and I am very much Not A Fan of how mental illness, mental asylums, romantic relationships, and personal sacrifice are handled here. But I love the family scenes, I love the characters, and you know what, absolutely I love the power-fantasy that is Jaenelle. (If it clarifies my ambiguity about this series at all, by far my favourite book in it is the second one: you know, the one where nothing happens, there is no romance between the mains, and we basically get an entire book of nothing but family fluff? Yeah. That one.)
So. Do I personally enjoy it? Yes, definitely. Love it. Would I recommend it to others without a ton of caveats? Absolutely not. This is one book I do not recommend unless I know the other person is into exactly the same type of trashy power-fantasy read that I am and has no triggers whatsoever.
Not rating because whatever rating I gave it would be a lie according to my own personal system, but yep, I still love my trash.
It has so many problems and in so many ways is so awful, but I just. I love it, you guys. I love it. It is trashy and there are parts that I still skip to this day because I am So Disgusted or pissed off with how they are handled. I do not like the rape scenes (and there are many, of men and women AND CHILDREN) and I am very much Not A Fan of how mental illness, mental asylums, romantic relationships, and personal sacrifice are handled here. But I love the family scenes, I love the characters, and you know what, absolutely I love the power-fantasy that is Jaenelle. (If it clarifies my ambiguity about this series at all, by far my favourite book in it is the second one: you know, the one where nothing happens, there is no romance between the mains, and we basically get an entire book of nothing but family fluff? Yeah. That one.)
So. Do I personally enjoy it? Yes, definitely. Love it. Would I recommend it to others without a ton of caveats? Absolutely not. This is one book I do not recommend unless I know the other person is into exactly the same type of trashy power-fantasy read that I am and has no triggers whatsoever.
Not rating because whatever rating I gave it would be a lie according to my own personal system, but yep, I still love my trash.