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thepudding's review against another edition
adventurous
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Moderate: Sexual assault
Minor: Transphobia
Tagged as minor transphobia because there’s only one instance and we are obviously meant to understand that the character expressing it is mistaken. Still, while I understand that Marian’s arc involves her accepting herself, the following quote was unnecessary and it wasn’t as though it was setting up a trans woman she would then meet later in the story. It was clearly an oversight given the inclusion of a trans-masc character and the acknowledgment; the author is probably not transphobic, but this passage occurs early in the book and it definitely put me on edge.
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