laure_d's review against another edition
dark
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore and Child death
Moderate: Physical abuse, Injury/injury detail, War, and Xenophobia
teafairy's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death and Body horror
Minor: Child death, Rape, and War
bex_knighthunterbooks's review
dark
hopeful
relaxing
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Simple beautiful prose, and a setting that I can't read enough about. I loved the simple scenes on Barroy and island life. Unfortunately, I don't feel the sections away from Barroy worked as well, and I did get lost at times with the plot and character motivations. Also I was a little uncomfortable around the sexual relationships with large but I still enjoyed this overall.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Pregnancy, War, Adult/minor relationship, and Child death
Minor: Medical trauma, Medical content, Gore, and Rape
Spoiler
adult minor relationship is between woman in mid-30s and 17 year old boySpoiler
character has amnesia and wonders if she was raped but this seems unlikely by the end
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