kaiyakaiyo 's review for:

Monstress, Book One by Marjorie M. Liu

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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An exquisite series; I docked a star for feeling a bit lost in the middle of the volumes— there are so many people after maika that I began to lose sight of what any overarching goal was 

the characters are wonderful, the art is a treat for the eyes, and the world building is so so rich. 

I already purchased the next book so yay for continuing! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Racism, Self harm, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail