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A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
5 reviews
sai_like_sigh's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Colonisation, War, and Classism
Moderate: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Ableism, Panic attacks/disorders, Excrement, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic
novella42's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Hate crime, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, and War
Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Xenophobia, Stalking, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Genocide, Medical content, and Cannibalism
mizz_destiny'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
4.5
Graphic: Animal death, Violence, and War
Moderate: Hate crime and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Stalking
rainstormdragon'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
5.0
Graphic: Death and Hate crime
Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent
sarah984's review
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
This was a really charming story about a teenage baker and her group of misfit friends joining forces to save their city. The writing is punchy and fun (Mona’s bakery creations are fantastic) and the character’s voice is great. I loved how she would constantly describe things in baking metaphors, and she had realistic fourteen-year-old reactions to what was going on around her. I liked that she was heroic but the story carried a message about how heroism basically requires the failure of all measures to prevent a crisis first.
I did notice a few editing errors (Uncle Albert became Uncle Earl in one scene for example) and I was kind of disappointed that in a story about how people shouldn't be judged based on stereotypes and rumours the Carex mercenaries were exactly the savages Mona thought they were. Aside from those complaints though I would definitely recommend this.
Graphic: Child death, Death, and Grief
Moderate: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Excrement, Stalking, and Murder
Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, Hate crime, Xenophobia, Vomit, Medical content, and Death of parent