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xangemtheelibrarian's review
adventurous
dark
informative
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Holy macaroni and cheese this book is DARK. The description of the plague and the bodies and the other horrible things that were considered every day life in medieval Europe makes me so glad to be living in the present. You couldn't pay me to time travel. Absolutely not.
Outside of that, this book is good. Rype and Owen are characters to root for. And the ending is SO wholesome. I leave with a quote I saved from this story:
"He was a person who brought brightness into the lives of everyone he met. Why were some people like that, I wondered, and others gloomy, or harsh, or even cruel? Surely it wasn’t just how they were made. Some part of it must have to do with how they lived."
How are you living? Are you a person who brings light and joy into others' lives or are you cruel?
Outside of that, this book is good. Rype and Owen are characters to root for. And the ending is SO wholesome. I leave with a quote I saved from this story:
"He was a person who brought brightness into the lives of everyone he met. Why were some people like that, I wondered, and others gloomy, or harsh, or even cruel? Surely it wasn’t just how they were made. Some part of it must have to do with how they lived."
How are you living? Are you a person who brings light and joy into others' lives or are you cruel?
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Grief, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Misogyny and Antisemitism
Minor: Homophobia, Rape, and War
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