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winterdodos's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- 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
3.75
Started out pretty slow, but the story does pick up at about the halfway point. There were some points where the world building felt a little weak to me, but overall it's pretty solid. I enjoyed how Pullman put a new spin on the concept of Dæmons. I'm a bit sceptical about the romantic subplot Pullman is hinting at, but I guess that will be handled more in the sequel. Overall, I thought the plot was very solid, but I feel like the first half is a bit longer than it really needs to be.
I do wanna say, I'm very much biased in Pullmans favour because I'm a huge HDM fan. But there were a couple moments in the story that made me kinda uncomfortable, especially the first time the romance subplot was brought up. I'm really hoping Pullman will redeem himself on that front in the next book, because I feel like the outcome of that will make or break this series for me.
I do wanna say, I'm very much biased in Pullmans favour because I'm a huge HDM fan. But there were a couple moments in the story that made me kinda uncomfortable, especially the first time the romance subplot was brought up. I'm really hoping Pullman will redeem himself on that front in the next book, because I feel like the outcome of that will make or break this series for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault
Moderate: Suicide
laurasauras's review against another edition
slow-paced
1.5
I am heartbroken to be giving this such a low rating. I loved His Dark Materials so much, but this book was genuinely so hard to finish, and that's even with me listening to it. It's the most disappointed I've been in a book for a really long time.
At the beginning, I actually really liked the conflict between Lyra and Pan and getting to see Lyra interact with people as an adult. I was interested by the murder mystery and ... that's about when it started to unravel. Because Pan was right, Lyra is not the same person, not even a little bit. It's not just that she's lost her imagination, whatever that's supposed to mean, she's so brittle. I mean, she's clearly traumatised as hell, so let's be clear I'm not remotely condoning Pan leaving. I'm not sure why Pan, who loves and knows her more than anyone, would respond to her trauma and reaching out to things that feel steady and real and as far away from her fantastical experiences as possible with coldness and by making her feel even more abandoned.
The insertion of Malcolm and Alice into Lyra's story as if they'd always been there kinda grated, but whatever. The continued idolisation of Malcolm felt ... really ... weird. Why is he still the best and bravest boy in the world? Why is he in love with Lyra, this sopping wet, broken girl 11 years younger than him? It makes his devotion to her in LBS feel retrospectively creepy. Pullman, did you not hear about the entire world finding it creepy that Jacob was in love with Renesmee in Bella's womb? Why would you do that without magic involved? Why would you have a character fall in love with an infant and then continue to be in love with her all the way up until adulthood? Why would you go out of your way to have two different people catch him out on it (how? he literally did nothing to indicate it?) and tell him it was okay. From when Hannah mentioned it, I was like please say psyche. And then, out of LITERALLY nowhere, Lyra's basically in love with him too? She barely recognised him at the beginning of the book and then after two (brief!) conversations she's thinking longingly about him for the rest of the book! I don't really give a shit about an age gap, it's the fact that he's been in a position of looking after her since she was six months old that disturbs me.
The way that this book treats women is ... Like, okay. Okay. Let me sit down backwards on this chair for a minute so that I can talk with a frank and open posture. All the women in this novel are Strong, and they're equally as complex as the men (though as I mentioned in my review of LBS, I don't think Pullman's characters are ever really complex), but they're also ... Special Because They're Women. When Malcolm's mum and the secretary kicked a couple of secret agents' arses, I didn't think "woo! girl power!" I thought, okay, 10 points for feminism I guess. It felt ridiculous and pandering. And from almost page one, Lyra is constantly getting male attention, which she thinks about a lot. At one point, she thinks that she's probably always liked older men, not because she felt safe from their being attracted to her, but because she's safe from being attracted to them, and ... that's not what safety is. If one of the father figures in her life had expressed attraction to her, she should have felt WAY more unsafe than if she thought one of them was hot. Is that a difficult concept? The whole point of her having father figures in HDM (I thought) was to contrast them with Asriel, who refused to acknowledge himself as her father, but this rewrites that and injects child-Lyra with an awareness of attraction, which is just so uncomfortable. And then there's the sexual assault, which is graphic and fucking awful and serves literally no purpose. Like, at least with Alice's rape in the last book it gave Malcolm the power to separate. This one just showed that it's not safe to travel as a woman. And! A minute and a half after being assaulted! Lyra! Falls asleep! In a carriage! With a strange man! What the fuck!!!! I know she was injured, but she doesn't even consider that that's the stupidest thing she has ever done.
And then there's her reaction to being given a niqab. One minute she's grateful for the fact that she's finally not drawing any attention to herself (the story's obsession with being invisible is really fucking annoying, because it's not supernatural and she's not very good at it but it keeps pretending the opposite) and then the next she's flinging it off every opportunity and feeling oppressed! Mate! And she feels stifled in the heat, which I guess is fair except that niqabs are made to be worn in the heat. If I was in the Middle East, I wouldn't hesitate to put one on and I'd be grateful for the sun protection. It felt like Islamophobia, which was reinforced by how literally the only people she's not afraid of in the Middle East are from England. I mean, the whole entire world is out to attack Lyra throughout this book, so it's hard to put that entirely down to racism, but it became so much more pronounced in the Middle East.
And then there's the story. What happens? One day, Pan leaves Lyra saying he's going to find her imagination, and she goes on a quest to try and find him. And literally nothing else happens, but a whole lot of characters that don't matter sure are introduced, and there's a weird political subplot that has nothing to do with Lyra happening. Apart from the fact that Lyra is travelling through countries that are impacted by the rose oil thing, and the fact that the church is involved and they want to capture her for ??? reasons?, 50% of the content does not relate to Lyra. Why does it take her so long to get to the last page of the book? What purpose did Pan's perspective serve apart from showing that whatshisname has a fake daemon? This book was 600+ pages of what should have been maybe 3 chapters of the next book, which I don't think I'll even bother to read because I definitely didn't gain anything out of reading this apart from becoming so fed up with the story that I started noticing Pullman's over-dependence on adverbs.
At the beginning, I actually really liked the conflict between Lyra and Pan and getting to see Lyra interact with people as an adult. I was interested by the murder mystery and ... that's about when it started to unravel. Because Pan was right, Lyra is not the same person, not even a little bit. It's not just that she's lost her imagination, whatever that's supposed to mean, she's so brittle. I mean, she's clearly traumatised as hell, so let's be clear I'm not remotely condoning Pan leaving. I'm not sure why Pan, who loves and knows her more than anyone, would respond to her trauma and reaching out to things that feel steady and real and as far away from her fantastical experiences as possible with coldness and by making her feel even more abandoned.
The insertion of Malcolm and Alice into Lyra's story as if they'd always been there kinda grated, but whatever. The continued idolisation of Malcolm felt ... really ... weird. Why is he still the best and bravest boy in the world? Why is he in love with Lyra, this sopping wet, broken girl 11 years younger than him? It makes his devotion to her in LBS feel retrospectively creepy. Pullman, did you not hear about the entire world finding it creepy that Jacob was in love with Renesmee in Bella's womb? Why would you do that without magic involved? Why would you have a character fall in love with an infant and then continue to be in love with her all the way up until adulthood? Why would you go out of your way to have two different people catch him out on it (how? he literally did nothing to indicate it?) and tell him it was okay. From when Hannah mentioned it, I was like please say psyche. And then, out of LITERALLY nowhere, Lyra's basically in love with him too? She barely recognised him at the beginning of the book and then after two (brief!) conversations she's thinking longingly about him for the rest of the book! I don't really give a shit about an age gap, it's the fact that he's been in a position of looking after her since she was six months old that disturbs me.
The way that this book treats women is ... Like, okay. Okay. Let me sit down backwards on this chair for a minute so that I can talk with a frank and open posture. All the women in this novel are Strong, and they're equally as complex as the men (though as I mentioned in my review of LBS, I don't think Pullman's characters are ever really complex), but they're also ... Special Because They're Women. When Malcolm's mum and the secretary kicked a couple of secret agents' arses, I didn't think "woo! girl power!" I thought, okay, 10 points for feminism I guess. It felt ridiculous and pandering. And from almost page one, Lyra is constantly getting male attention, which she thinks about a lot. At one point, she thinks that she's probably always liked older men, not because she felt safe from their being attracted to her, but because she's safe from being attracted to them, and ... that's not what safety is. If one of the father figures in her life had expressed attraction to her, she should have felt WAY more unsafe than if she thought one of them was hot. Is that a difficult concept? The whole point of her having father figures in HDM (I thought) was to contrast them with Asriel, who refused to acknowledge himself as her father, but this rewrites that and injects child-Lyra with an awareness of attraction, which is just so uncomfortable. And then there's the sexual assault, which is graphic and fucking awful and serves literally no purpose. Like, at least with Alice's rape in the last book it gave Malcolm the power to separate. This one just showed that it's not safe to travel as a woman. And! A minute and a half after being assaulted! Lyra! Falls asleep! In a carriage! With a strange man! What the fuck!!!! I know she was injured, but she doesn't even consider that that's the stupidest thing she has ever done.
And then there's her reaction to being given a niqab. One minute she's grateful for the fact that she's finally not drawing any attention to herself (the story's obsession with being invisible is really fucking annoying, because it's not supernatural and she's not very good at it but it keeps pretending the opposite) and then the next she's flinging it off every opportunity and feeling oppressed! Mate! And she feels stifled in the heat, which I guess is fair except that niqabs are made to be worn in the heat. If I was in the Middle East, I wouldn't hesitate to put one on and I'd be grateful for the sun protection. It felt like Islamophobia, which was reinforced by how literally the only people she's not afraid of in the Middle East are from England. I mean, the whole entire world is out to attack Lyra throughout this book, so it's hard to put that entirely down to racism, but it became so much more pronounced in the Middle East.
And then there's the story. What happens? One day, Pan leaves Lyra saying he's going to find her imagination, and she goes on a quest to try and find him. And literally nothing else happens, but a whole lot of characters that don't matter sure are introduced, and there's a weird political subplot that has nothing to do with Lyra happening. Apart from the fact that Lyra is travelling through countries that are impacted by the rose oil thing, and the fact that the church is involved and they want to capture her for ??? reasons?, 50% of the content does not relate to Lyra. Why does it take her so long to get to the last page of the book? What purpose did Pan's perspective serve apart from showing that whatshisname has a fake daemon? This book was 600+ pages of what should have been maybe 3 chapters of the next book, which I don't think I'll even bother to read because I definitely didn't gain anything out of reading this apart from becoming so fed up with the story that I started noticing Pullman's over-dependence on adverbs.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault
bobthebard's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- 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
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Drug use, Police brutality, and War
nickabockaglory's review against another edition
2.0
Overall I was disappointed with this book. I'm a massive His Dark Materials fan and mostly enjoyed La Belle Sauvage but this one didn't hit for me, and actually brought up some major problems for me in the series.
Firstly, it was far too long. I never wanted to pick it up because it was massive and the story was convoluted and telling it from such a huge range of perspectives was confusing to follow. I felt like I needed a character list at various points to remind me who people were since it had been ages since I had heard anything about them. And on reflection, very little actually happened across the book as a whole.
Secondly, I have MAJOR issues with the sexualisatiom of Lyra. Both from her sexual assault/attempted rape and even worse, from the alleged "love" of Malcolm. He has known her since she was a literal baby and is 10+ years older than her. He should not be checking out her body and claiming he is in love with her. That is so creepy. And makes me really wonder about Pullman's own moral stance on this. Plus having the attempted rape in this book brought to my attention the rape in the first book and I wonder why a YA series needs to repeatedly have such violent, sexual abuse of women??
I enjoyed getting more from Lyra's story although I found it hard to believe she'd be so altered from the person we knew in HDM that she would lose her sense of fun and imagination.
I wanted more from Malcolm after getting to know him in Book 1.
I will read the third book when it is released because I am a completist but I will not be raising my expectations or expecting to fall in love with this like I did with HDM and so many people assured me I would in this.
Borrowed from my local library.
Firstly, it was far too long. I never wanted to pick it up because it was massive and the story was convoluted and telling it from such a huge range of perspectives was confusing to follow. I felt like I needed a character list at various points to remind me who people were since it had been ages since I had heard anything about them. And on reflection, very little actually happened across the book as a whole.
Secondly, I have MAJOR issues with
I enjoyed getting more from Lyra's story although I found it hard to believe she'd be so altered from the person we knew in HDM that she would lose her sense of fun and imagination.
I wanted more from Malcolm after getting to know him in Book 1.
I will read the third book when it is released because I am a completist but I will not be raising my expectations or expecting to fall in love with this like I did with HDM and so many people assured me I would in this.
Borrowed from my local library.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault
Moderate: Rape
caseybones's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Many reviews articulate frustration with this book and I share those sentiments. It feels like Pullman lost the subtlety of his previous storytelling, glossing over major character development and leaving the reader perplexed.
How has Malcolm Polestead essentially become this universe’s version of a Bond-like spy, dodging knife attacks, walking away from being shot and casually snapping a man’s neck with his
bare hands before heading to the bar for a casual drink?
What happened to Lyra in the eight years since the Amber Spyglass that turned her from a passionate, brave adolescent into a timid, narrow-minded young woman? She read two books and suddenlyshe and Pan hate each other so much they can barely speak to each other ?
Make it make sense.
How has Malcolm Polestead essentially become this universe’s version of a Bond-like spy, dodging knife attacks, walking away
bare hands
What happened to Lyra in the eight years since the Amber Spyglass that turned her from a passionate, brave adolescent into a timid, narrow-minded young woman? She read two books and suddenly
Make it make sense.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Abandonment, and War
Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Child abuse
silversparkles50's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
- 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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gun violence, and Blood
Moderate: Sexual assault
book_mark1's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
The most dangerous part about additions to the original series that take place after the fact is that they end up being the last word on the characters we come to love as readers. For whatever flaws La Belle Sauvage may have had, at least it was a prequel that didn’t lay a claim on Lyra or the characters of His Dark Materials.
SC was a disappointment not only because of its plodding plot and surface-level messaging but also because it will ultimately be the second-to-last word on His Dark Materials. And most frustratingly, it sublimates the vibrant world of the original trilogy to the characters and plot beats of La Belle Sauvage. I knew Malcolm would end up being some kind of character in this book, but for him to continue being such a pivotal hero character dilutes a plot that should be about Lyra’s growth. Malcolm himself does no growth in this book; he continues to be this do-no-wrong character, which makes any kind of plot he experiences 1) uninteresting because we know he is going to be (mostly) fine, and 2) uninteresting because this man is already a “complete” character with no flaws or growth edges…
Except maybe one, which bring me to the worst part of the book: it is weird and bad that Pullman is pushing Malcolm, a grown-ass professor, and Lyra, a college student, together as a romantic interest. The author’s fixation on the romantic aspect of their relationship (i.e. like three conversations in the plot and a history of an awkward tutoring experience) is jarring enough when Malcolm himself confesses his attraction to Lyra. It becomes almost laughable when every other member in Oakley Street seems to be able to identify that there is romantic tension between them, and, in some cases, condone or encourage that kind of relationship. And it’s worst of all when somehow Lyra is now spending portions her POV scenes pining for him. Pushing Lyra into this “weak and unsure woman who needs beeg strong man” trope is enough to put this one down and skip the conclusion of this series. (I will not get into the other weird references to women and sexuality in this book, like Alice’s raw sexuality she can exude.)
There are the bones of an interesting plot and interesting themes here. I liked the idea of making Lyra, who we know to be a brace and strong protagonist, to be less self-assured as a college student, and exploring the implications of her separation w/ Pan was a compelling way to do that. I also thought Pullman’s interest in critiquing cold rationality to be an interesting complement to the critique of organized religion in the original trilogy.
Nonetheless, this book is so caught up in its POVs, pitstops, and extra characters that its strongest points get lost in the mix. Beyond Malcolm’s Mary Sue plotline, Pan’s plotline has to take a long way to meet its eventual payoff in confronting the author. Lyra’s story also suffers from multiple layovers and intros to new characters. Some of these were interesting and retained the magic of the story, like the Prague side quest. In other areas, I’m wondering if we really need to introduce the princess or the miners when they bring with them pages of exposition that may only tangentially relate to the plot. By pushing this entire cast of temporary characters and settings, the places feel less vibrant and the plot much more formulaic: 1) go to X, 2) meet Y; 3) learn who to talk to at the next stop.
Michael Sheen once again eats as the audiobook narrator, and it is only by his grace that I finished this book. There are aspects that do feel like a continuation of the original trilogy, but the flaws feel too pronounced to not see this as a diminishment of His Dark Materials. Unless Malcolm dies in Book Three (fingers crossed), I’m worried the next book will end this universe on a low note.
SC was a disappointment not only because of its plodding plot and surface-level messaging but also because it will ultimately be the second-to-last word on His Dark Materials. And most frustratingly, it sublimates the vibrant world of the original trilogy to the characters and plot beats of La Belle Sauvage. I knew Malcolm would end up being some kind of character in this book, but for him to continue being such a pivotal hero character dilutes a plot that should be about Lyra’s growth. Malcolm himself does no growth in this book; he continues to be this do-no-wrong character, which makes any kind of plot he experiences 1) uninteresting because we know he is going to be (mostly) fine, and 2) uninteresting because this man is already a “complete” character with no flaws or growth edges…
Except maybe one, which bring me to the worst part of the book: it is weird and bad that Pullman is pushing Malcolm, a grown-ass professor, and Lyra, a college student, together as a romantic interest. The author’s fixation on the romantic aspect of their relationship (i.e. like three conversations in the plot and a history of an awkward tutoring experience) is jarring enough when Malcolm himself confesses his attraction to Lyra. It becomes almost laughable when every other member in Oakley Street seems to be able to identify that there is romantic tension between them, and, in some cases, condone or encourage that kind of relationship. And it’s worst of all when somehow Lyra is now spending portions her POV scenes pining for him. Pushing Lyra into this “weak and unsure woman who needs beeg strong man” trope is enough to put this one down and skip the conclusion of this series. (I will not get into the other weird references to women and sexuality in this book, like Alice’s raw sexuality she can exude.)
There are the bones of an interesting plot and interesting themes here. I liked the idea of making Lyra, who we know to be a brace and strong protagonist, to be less self-assured as a college student, and exploring the implications of her separation w/ Pan was a compelling way to do that. I also thought Pullman’s interest in critiquing cold rationality to be an interesting complement to the critique of organized religion in the original trilogy.
Nonetheless, this book is so caught up in its POVs, pitstops, and extra characters that its strongest points get lost in the mix. Beyond Malcolm’s Mary Sue plotline, Pan’s plotline has to take a long way to meet its eventual payoff in confronting the author. Lyra’s story also suffers from multiple layovers and intros to new characters. Some of these were interesting and retained the magic of the story, like the Prague side quest. In other areas, I’m wondering if we really need to introduce the princess or the miners when they bring with them pages of exposition that may only tangentially relate to the plot. By pushing this entire cast of temporary characters and settings, the places feel less vibrant and the plot much more formulaic: 1) go to X, 2) meet Y; 3) learn who to talk to at the next stop.
Michael Sheen once again eats as the audiobook narrator, and it is only by his grace that I finished this book. There are aspects that do feel like a continuation of the original trilogy, but the flaws feel too pronounced to not see this as a diminishment of His Dark Materials. Unless Malcolm dies in Book Three (fingers crossed), I’m worried the next book will end this universe on a low note.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault
requiel's review
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault
nincrony1's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
- 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
Lots and lots of thoughts on The Secret Commonwealth. Spoilers ahead as well - I recommend going in blind.
Phillip Pullman’s return to Lyra, first introduced in the classic Dark Materials trilogy, see her on an adventure fraught with darkness and difficult themes. This is most definitely a novel for those who grew up with the original books and have grown up. Lyra is now a 20-year old student, precocious as ever but in an intellectual way that is rubbing her daemon Pan the wrong way. And things kind of develop from there - I can only really bullet point my thoughts as I have a lot. Needless to say, I really enjoyed the book and can’t wait to see how it ends; for it does end on quite the cliffhanger.
Phillip Pullman’s return to Lyra, first introduced in the classic Dark Materials trilogy, see her on an adventure fraught with darkness and difficult themes. This is most definitely a novel for those who grew up with the original books and have grown up. Lyra is now a 20-year old student, precocious as ever but in an intellectual way that is rubbing her daemon Pan the wrong way. And things kind of develop from there - I can only really bullet point my thoughts as I have a lot. Needless to say, I really enjoyed the book and can’t wait to see how it ends; for it does end on quite the cliffhanger.
- The choice to have this novel explore the implications of Lyra and Pan separating following The Amber Spyglass is a stroke of genius. If there was going to be a late sequel to the series, I think picking up on this aspect makes sense and opens the world up even further. All the stuff involving the expansion of the daemons is fascinating, expertly handled and quite heart breaking
- I loved its evocation of Europe, stretching from England to Turkey. The interconnected rail, the variety of cultures, it’s a peon to the place and perhaps in a way, a reminder of the disaster Brexit has robbed from us Brits
- That said, the book doesn’t shy away from the refugee crisis modern Europe faces. This aspect is worked quite naturally into the story and serves as a backdrop to Lyra’s adventure as the Magisterium becomes even more totalitarian and expanding into aggressive capitalism
- I liked La Belle Savage ok but I thought this one was much better. That said, the book does a good catching one up on the previous Book of Dust novel and I found myself enjoying the returning characters and locations, especially the pub that Pullman so thoroughly established in the last book.
- That said, I wasn’t crazy about an aspect to Malcolm’s character. I’m curious as to how it will pay off but it’s just little creepy
- This is a dark novel but it’s mature in its darkness. Some very bad stuff happens in the book but it’s never there for the sake of it. The book is about Lyra as an adult and part of that is being an out-spoken strong woman in a world dominated by men and how that can grind one down.
- The depiction of Lyra has been controversial, some thinking Pullman used her as a mouthpiece for his thoughts on the state of the world. I think this is bad faith criticism. The plot is partly about Lyra seeing that the world is so much larger and complex than what Jordan has to offer. It makes sense that as a precocious questioning sort, and like anyone at that age in academia, would subscribe to challenging new schools of thought and how this might put a wedge in relationships. I suspect the character arc is Lyra reaching true maturity but we will have to wait and see
- I think there might be one too many subplots but for the most part I enjoyed the espionage and secret societies of the plot.
- Excellent prose as always. Pullman just has this ability to beautifully craft scenes and suck me in. I’ve been reading this fairly addictively
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault
francisfrancis's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
slow-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
3.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Sexual harassment, and War
Minor: Misogyny, Rape, and Murder