Reviews

Daughter of the Forest, by Juliet Marillier

inwonder's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

jo_d's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

Zoomed through reading this book, excellent story but very few happy moments

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Rape, and Vomit

Moderate: Murder, Confinement, Blood, Colonisation, War, Physical abuse, and Torture

Minor: Suicide attempt and Suicide

cellie's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

cakeroo's review against another edition

5.0

Daughter of the Forest was everything I hoped it would be. Marillier's descriptions of Sevenwaters and the forest are beautiful and immersive. I had no difficulty imagining the deep, mystical forest and the devotion of the people to the Old Faith. I loved most of the characters, and the relationships between Sorcha and each of her brothers. Although the brothers spend most of the story as swans, they each have unique and memorable personalities. The Lady Oonagh was a captivating villian.

jericca89's review

I'll probably come back to it later but the stepmother stuff was hitting me pretty hard at the moment and I just can't handle it right now. Not an author problem for sure, she has an absolutely lovely and lyrical style. She truly captures the feel of a fairy tale.

natatouille's review against another edition

5.0

This was beautiful but it hurt. I think it’s worth it. 

The first part was slow, the rape scene and animal death were brutal, but Sorcha’s story just gave me so many heart cramps it was great and terrible and I loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual harassment, and Rape

missgarceau's review against another edition

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

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Vomit, Animal death, Death, Torture, Child abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Injury/injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, War, and Sexual assault

aster_isk_m's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Animal death

theavidbookworm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

This book was truly heart-wrenching to read. If it's possible to both love and despise a book for the pain it puts you through, this is it. There was so much sadness that I really had a difficult time reading this... Can't say enjoyable but I also can't say that it wasn't a good book. 

The writing is solid, and does a very good job of pulling you in and keeping you there. The characters are wonderfully written. 

My biggest struggle with this book (and the reason I can't rate it) would be the abundance of pain and suffering. It almost seems like overkill? 

There is a rather explicit rape scene (first person POV, MC).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Death, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, War, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Cursing, and Injury/injury detail

snillkatt47's review against another edition

5.0

You live in a cottage, you’re drinking tea, it’s a full moon and this is the book you’re reading.