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adventurous
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-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
3.5
I wanted to like this book so much more than I actually did. It should have been a powerful tale of love, hope, loss, and joy. Yet, I didn't feel most of these things while reading it. If anything, I kept feeling that the emotions were told from a great distance.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism