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The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
10 reviews
amschelly153's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Miscarriage, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
fanboyriot's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Outing, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Classism
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Excrement, and Dementia
micaelacccc's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Death of parent
caitonline's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Violence, Blood, Grief, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, and Alcohol
mostlyvoidpartiallystars's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
This book doesn't shy away from death, treachery, or despair, but there is still room for the tension of love, hope, and even triumph.
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Death of parent
Minor: Infertility and Sexual assault
rynaissanceenby's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
If you are looking for classic high fantasy, look no further. This book has dragons and magic and swordfighting and alchemy and everything you would expect from fantasy, but none of it feels overdone or boring. Shannon finds so many completely natural feeling ways to put new spins on various tropes. The world is incredibly rich, and I felt like I just wanted to live there forever and learn the secrets of every corner. The mythology was compelling and the way that different areas of the world interpreted events in different ways sent a clear and interesting message about unreliable narrators and the flaws of historical accounts.
Every character that's introduced feels so three dimensional and real. They all exist in shades of grey. There are pieces of them you love, pieces that make you cringe, and pieces that make your heart hurt for them. With the sheer number of characters in this book, it seems like it would be hard to keep track of them all, but all the major characters are characterized so well that they remain relatively easy to keep track of. The slight exception to this being that if one of the points of views had a long break, it sometimes took a bit of work to remember who all the important characters were there. The lesser characters are a little bit harder to keep track of, and I'm pretty sure there are some connections between the various storylines that I missed because I didn't realize, "Oh, I've heard that name before." I think this is compounded by the extensive use of fantasy names, though Shannon cleverly uses more common nicknames to help alleviate some of that (e.g. Kate short for Katryen).
As a queer person, I am always looking for representation, and I definitely found it in this book. Most of the time when I'm reading a book, there comes a point were I think to myself, "This story could really be more queer." One of my favorite moments reading this book was when I had this thought, and then about two chapters later it got beautifully queer. I really appreciate that the queerness (and how acceptable it is) is a small plot point, but it doesn't take over the story.
I was really impressed with how well the perspective switches were handled. There were a lot of moving parts, but I never felt like the story was being told in the wrong order. Clearly there was a lot of care put into when to give the reader various pieces of information.
I think my only major gripe is that sometimes it feels like things work out a little bit too conveniently for the protagonists. There are just a few too many coincidences that make what should be challenging problems a bit of a breeze. This also seemed to accelerate near the end of the story. Almost as if the end of the story was coming, so the characters didn't have time to face adversity in certain circumstances. Instead things just conveniently worked out. The main characters did also seem to have some amount of plot armor. I appreciated Shannon's willingness to kill off side characters, even important ones, but it was hard to actually believe the main characters were in danger after they had already narrowly escaped so many close calls.
Overall, I absolutely adore this book and this world. I don't give very many books 5 stars, but this is absolutely a 5 star read. I will be heartily recommending it to every avid reader I know for a long time to come.
Moderate: Death, Miscarriage, Violence, Blood, and War
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, and Suicide
bel017's review
- 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
The story is told from the viewpoint of four different characters, which were woven together well - I was never confused as to whose viewpoint I was reading. I did get confused in some of the historical plot and side plots, but it's a huge cast of characters, with two different sides giving the same characters different names, and some having the same or similar names. The confusion didn't diminish my enjoyment though. I enjoyed it so much that, even though I literally just finished it I am very tempted to just turn back to the beginning and start all over again.
Graphic: Death and Blood
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Confinement, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Violence, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Infertility, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Dementia, and Abandonment
anneroza's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Incest, Racism, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, and Alcohol
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Infidelity, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death of parent, and Alcohol
oracle's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Moderate: Miscarriage
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
ohmygourd's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Dementia
Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Miscarriage, Grief, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Xenophobia, Vomit, and Medical content