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aseel_reads'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? It's complicated
4.5
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
cardaisy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Amara Jasper did such a fantastic job narrating this, I specifically decided to listen to the audiobook instead of getting the ebook because of the sample, and it was an excellent decision
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, and Murder
Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Confinement, Torture, and Death of parent
A side character discusses having passively suicidal thoughts/past attempts (putting himself in dangerous situations that should've killed him)rosyapple's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Ableism, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Dementia, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, and War
thewillowwood'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
Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
sai_like_sigh'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: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Dementia, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Bullying, Blood, Cannibalism, and Alcohol
Minor: Excrement
a_bow's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, and Murder
Moderate: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting
Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Abortion
theirgracegrace's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Torture
Minor: Cursing, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Abortion, Death of parent, and War
There is one particular scene where the main character's teeth are made to dance in her mouth and one of them is removed. It is very reminiscent of the "imagining my teeth falling out" dream but can be quite disturbing. There is also a character in the city which has a "curse-child", which is described like a marionette or puppet that chokes and harms her.insomniacsun'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? No
4.0
Rimpiango di non aver iniziato a leggere questo libro prima, ma la lunga catena di mediocrità di fantasy filo-medievali mi ha fatto apprezzare questa storia ancora di più.
In 250 pagine è riuscita a fare cose che nessun mattone sandersoniano potrà mai fare: farmi ridere a crepapelle. L'umorismo e il carattere così vivo dei personaggi mi hanno ammaliato, rendendo le dinamiche tra loro il piatto forte della storia.
Apprezzo la decisione di aver seguito una protagonista poco tradizionale, una goffa suora trentenne, e l'interiorità e introspezione molto realistica datale per il suo ruolo e background.
All'inizio mi aspettavo una situazione molto più cupa e raccapricciante, visto i primi capitoli tendenti all'horror, ma, con l'arrivo di altri personaggi e stando di più con Marra e i suoi pensieri, il tono si ravviva un po'. Forse avrei apprezzato questo cambio un po' di più se fosse stato propriamente bilanciato lungo la storia. Invece sembra esserci un grosso divisore fra il primo arc tendenzialmente cupo e prolisso, e il secondo arc più frenetico, la cui vivacità tende a "schiarire" le ombre che storia cela.
Gli elementi fiabeschi sono incorporati in modo curiosi, quasi come una sovversione analitica dei classici clichè: eroici destini, fate madrine e le loro benedizioni, la principessa che sposa il principe, e quant'altro.
If I were a man, I would fight him.
If she were a man, no one would force Kania to try to bear child after child. If I were a man, I would not be the next in line to be married if he kills her. If we were men… She stared at her fingers curled in the dirt. It did not matter. They were not and the history of the world was written in women’s wombs and women’s blood and she would never be allowed to change it.
Il mondo di sfondo che l'autrice ha creato è molto intrigante in molti suoi aspetti, ma per quanto interessante non si è dilungata molto a riguardo, il che ha fatto sicuramente bene alla storia, rendendola molto scorrevole. Allo stesso tempo non mi dispiacerebbe vedere questo potenziale usato in un altro libro con la stessa ambientazione, magari più incentrato nel mondo magico o nelle blistering lands.
Anche se questo non succedesse, vedo che Kingfisher è un'autrice molto prolifica, per cui la scelta sulla prossima lettura è molto ampia. Non vedo l'ora.
Graphic: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Child death and Physical abuse
Minor: Cannibalism and Abortion
rhia_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Had me giggling quite a few times!
Graphic: Child death, Miscarriage, Violence, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Vomit, and Suicide attempt
readingrainey's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Infertility, Toxic relationship, and Abortion
Moderate: Body horror and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Rape, Violence, and Cannibalism