plume_de_renarde's review against another edition
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Child abuse, Grief, and Miscarriage
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Infertility, and Alcoholism
Minor: Fire/Fire injury
beautifulpaxielreads's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Police brutality, Pregnancy, and Vomit
Spoiler
Death/murder due to harmful superstitious/folk beliefs, malicious gossip, one scene featuring public urination due to severe stress, one traumatic, graphic birth scene where the baby is stillbornjmullins21's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This book started extremely slow and was hard to get in to but it picked up towards the middle. It switched between 3 POVs and sometimes that got confusing. Also I had to look up some words and it would have been nice to have a little glossary in the back but I know that is asking a lot. I did enjoy the 2nd half of this book and would recommend it to a strong reader because I did struggle a bit. I would also recommend it to anybody that has an interest in folklore which I do. Also the end of the book kind of made me mad but oh well.
Moderate: Child abuse and Child death
Minor: Death, Excrement, Miscarriage, and Physical abuse
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