Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

La regina eretica: Il romanzo di Nefertari by Michelle Moran, Stefania Di Natale

4 reviews

tieflingmom's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Abortion, and War

Moderate: Violence and Blood

kyadawn's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child death, Death, Genocide, Infertility, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Child death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic friendship

jhbandcats's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I have always been intrigued with Ancient Egypt and really wanted to love this book. It was really hard to do so because (1) the story of Nefertiti is told by her sister Mutnodjmet and (2) Nefertiti and her husband, Pharoah
Akhenaten, are both horrible people. Because of the narration, there's too much distance between the two
sisters.

The story opens when Nefertiti is 15 and Mutnodjmet is 13, and ends about sixteen years later at the end of Nefertiti’s reign. During that time we learn a lot about Egyptian architecture, art, clothing, food, and transportation, so the book is a wealth of information. The setting is absolutely fascinating and I loved reading about this culture that was a lot like our own. I just wish it'd been more enjoyable to read about the main characters.

I plan to read Moran's next two books, Heretic Queen, about Mutnodjmet's daughter Nefertari, and Cleopatra's Daughter, about what happened to Antony and Cleopatra's children after their parents committed suicide and they were taken to Rome.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Classism

adriennne's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Miscarriage, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Mental illness, Blood, Abortion, and Murder