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christygsp's review against another edition
4.0
It was life on the dangerous high seas without SA or too much degradation.
It was distrusting everyone but relying on everyone all at once.
It was treasure hunting, betrayal and trading.
It had everything I never knew I wanted.
Moderate: Murder
Minor: Sexual content
curlyelizabeth'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: Violence and Alcohol
Minor: Sexual content
stormeno'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: Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Alcohol and Classism
micaelamariem's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Fable is a story about a girl abandoned by her essentially pirate father and made to figure out how to join a ship crew on her own.
I definitely thought there would be more pirates and swashbuckling. Or at least less descriptions of how to rig a ship and climb a mast and whatnot. Those scenes really bored me and it got to the point where I didn’t care about the major plot points because I don’t care about ships and trading.
What I did like about the book was the complex characters, the slow burn complicated romance, the found family trope, and the themes of grief woven intricately throughout.
So overall, I liked the book and probably will continue the series, but I didn’t love it and am not in a rush to read Namesake.
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Child death and Sexual content
restlessreason17's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Minor: Sexual content
extrafolklore'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
3.5
Graphic: Death of parent and Abandonment
Moderate: Death, Violence, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Sexual content, Torture, and Alcohol
katievallin'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
4.75
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Torture, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury
taelights's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.0
But, I hated the romance elements. Honestly I thought Fable and West had no chemistry at all. Like Fable has a huge crush on West throughout the book but I never bought her feelings for him and other than his looks didn't understand why she liked him so much. I also thought their interactions had basically zero chemistry and felt really forced. Fable had a lot more actual chemistry with Willa who would have been such a better love interest for her. Yet another book where the cishet romance is boring and falt and the possible queer romance that authors refuse to acknowledge would have been 10 times better and more interesting.
It wasn't a bad book and I will probably listen to the sequel one day. I'm not dying to read it but this was a solid short read that I did enjoy though!
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death
Minor: Sexual content