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theirgracegrace's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I adore how Robin Talley recontextualizes the setting from the nobility of early medieval Scotland to a group of queer teens at a Southern boarding school, and how the themes do not change. It legitimately is impossible to tell if the characters are hallucinating the supernatural occurrences in the school, or if they are really happening. The relationships between the characters mirror those between their Shakespearean counterparts, but they also are their own people and show the effect of fate and the supernatural on their psyche.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Fatphobia, and Violence
Minor: Body horror and Domestic abuse
beforeviolets'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? Yes
4.5
TW: there's a LOT. most of them are already in Macbeth so expect a lot of similar plot points.
Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Lesbophobia, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Self harm, Vomit, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
Minor: Fatphobia, Slavery, and Car accident
knightreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Moderate: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Blood
Minor: Ableism and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
sarah984's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
However, most of the characters were pretty shallow (they definitely felt like identities first and characters second), the plantation stuff felt unnecessary since nothing was ever really done with it, and the ending was kind of silly. Also, this may be shallow but the main character Maria was called "Ree" by all her friends and it really annoyed me. What kind of nickname is that? Who would use that to shorten Maria??
Graphic: Ableism, Biphobia, Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, and Grief
Moderate: Child death and Slavery