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birdkeeperklink's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.5
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Sexism, and Grief
Minor: Pedophilia and Racism
dibiz116's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
Moderate: Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Rape, and Murder
pineapplesurvivor's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.75
Graphic: Grief, Suicide attempt, and Colonisation
Moderate: Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Police brutality
Minor: Confinement, Homophobia, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and War
thecriticalreader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Genocide, Incest, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, and War
Moderate: Animal death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Drug use, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism
kalmia31's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.5
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Alcohol, Colonisation, and War
Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Grief, Murder, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Body horror, Cancer, Homophobia, and Suicide attempt
mallorn's review against another edition
3.5
Moderate: Genocide, Homophobia, and Violence
Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Incest, Suicide, Torture, and Colonisation
allfather'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? No
4.25
Moderate: Incest
Minor: Homophobia
nettyice's review against another edition
- 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
1.0
SPOILERS - this is basically a rant. I needed to get it out of my system so I'd stop complaining to my friends about it:
- All of the women in this book! A heavy dose of kink shaming (where the shame is placed on Alienor and not really on Devin), unnecessary incest (what did that add to the plot? Dianora was then 'punished' for it with her tragic love story but Baerd got to find love with Elena? I hope he's the one the rusalka predicts dies), and an unexpected romance for Catriana (she struggles with ~becoming a woman~ because she can't enjoy anything until she proves her devotion to Tigana and then when she does and accepts that she has, then oh, surprise, she has earned the love of the Prince of Tigana? Seems counter to the point Alessan was trying to make. I just found it frustrating that all the women were fundamentally struggling with sex in some way (even Alais only went on the journey because of Devin) while the men were engaging in it just the same, but it wasn't defining them.
- The plot felt increasingly told me me rather than experienced through the characters. There can be a fun Sherlock Holmes element where you realize all these ties are coming together and, oh, that thing actually meant this thing the whole time. That's fun. And we had that at the beginning. It was a good draw into the world through Devin's eyes. But then we just kept doing that for half a year.
- I didn't like that there was no closure at the end, or that what was the closure was actually a lie. I get that dictatorships and struggles for power don't always end happily. But if the whole point was that everyone forgot about Tigana, then why didn't Dianora ever get to remember with anyone else? Because she technically lost (Brandin) in the end? I think that's also a bigger issue I had with it. Dianora ended up being one of the few I liked at the end and she had the worst ending. Yes, this book is supposed to make you think about the nature of power and the fine line of vengeance/justice, but I don't want to read 700 pages where I hate the good guys by the end and the only characters I like die.
Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent
Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Torture
Minor: Homophobia and Incest