Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

The Fae Keeper by H.E. Edgmon

8 reviews

aexileigh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Classism, Racism, Death, War, and Xenophobia

karcitis's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Colonisation, Murder, War, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Grief, and Body horror

Moderate: Vomit, Animal death, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Dysphoria, Confinement, Child abuse, and Cannibalism

figflavored's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

My one gripe with the first installment of this duology was that the ending felt rushed. That is very much not the pace with this book! I can see where the author improved and changed throngs about their style and I love this book even more than the first one!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cannibalism and Xenophobia

josb's review

dark emotional reflective sad slow-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

3.5

Series 3.5*

There were less pacing issues than Witch King but the main problem still remained, there was a lot more tell rather than show. Many of the big revelations happened through conversation which I find more interesting if the conversation follows maybe a series of hints, maybe the MC kindof having an inkling of the reveal. 

There were parts where Wyatt was coming to realizations while in quiet moments with his family. This is certainly more realistic, but sometimes I just want to watch cool fantasy people do cool things. The last 30% was very good and did keep me on the edge of my seat. I wish that the book would have been structured so that what happened at the 60-70% mark happened earlier so that there would be more time for natural discovery. 

I enjoyed the discomfort around the disruptive agenda of the novel. Certainly not something I would recommend unless you want to challenge your perspective on current systems and how they treat anyone not "preferred" within it. One thing to note is that Wyatt tends to use a lot of gen z/millennial references. I tend to struggle with pop culture references, it was not so bad I couldn't get the meaning through context but if that is not your thing be aware. 

There were a few chapters where the perspective shifted and I really saw Edgmon's skill as a writer. While I wasn't completely in love with the delivery for the Witch King Series I am excited to try future works by the author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual assault, and Xenophobia

Minor: Murder and Cannibalism

joey777777's review against another edition

dark funny tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia and Blood

blairextraordinaire's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Death of parent, Violence, Religious bigotry, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Death

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, and Abandonment

Minor: Xenophobia, Racism, Toxic friendship, and Animal cruelty

bookwormbi's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

okay go off kings (or I guess not, since "kingdom" isn't really the right word for Asalin in these books.) truly Edgmon took these books and created such an expansive, beautiful, interesting fantasy concept. literally never reading fantasy that doesn't take structural inequity into account again this is so much better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Medical trauma, War, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Cannibalism, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Violence, Cursing, Colonisation, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death of parent, Gore, Murder, War, Violence, Blood, Abandonment, Colonisation, Death, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Cursing, Genocide, Terminal illness, Body shaming, and Cannibalism

Minor: Animal cruelty and Dysphoria