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chessie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Mental illness, Rape, Sexual violence, Murder, and Colonisation
rmperash's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
ceejeffe's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
- We got very little emotional depth and given all the horrors depicted in this book, that was disappointing.
- There was pretty graphic depiction of child SA that is really and TRULY only shown to illustrate how horrendous it was to be a girl and “low class” people in the 1600s but I PROMISE the rest of the story depicts that without a young girl needing to be r*ped on page. It had ZERO ties to the plot and was so unnecessary.
- The Climax of this story was anticlimactic but, also, there was very little build up to it so, I guess?
- The ending was basically an info dump, which I always dislike but, in a 266 page book? Why?
Graphic: Hate crime, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Religious bigotry, and Colonisation
CW: Capital Punishment and Corporal Punishmentharrirl0's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Rape, Suicide, Murder, and Colonisation
jhbandcats's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
The story is told primarily from three different perspectives: Alice Bradford, the wife of the governor, and John and Eleanor Billington, formerly indentured servants who are unhappy with the way the Colony is run. We finally get to see the lives of women and of lower class people, and it gives us a fresh look into our dusty recollections of the Pilgrims from high school American History classes.
An interesting story and a clever way to tell it. I really liked this.
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Classism
ofjohnson's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, and Colonisation
joyfayrweather's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Minor: Child death, Death, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Racism, Sexism, Religious bigotry, and Colonisation