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The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison

21 reviews

izzywoo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Racism, Grief, Violence, Kidnapping, and Panic attacks/disorders

kers_tin's review against another edition

funny hopeful mysterious reflective 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Xenophobia, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death, Bullying, Child abuse, Abandonment, and Death of parent

mars's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.5

Such a captivating story! The charaters are very well fleshed out, you're either rooting for some and love to hate a select number of characters. The universe, though at first intimidating with its foreign words/names, is explored thoroughly that you want to know more about it. It was such a hard book to put down I ended up finishing The Goblin Emperor in just 2 days! I'm looking forward to reading more of Katherine Addison's other books 📚

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Suicide

Moderate: Murder, Bullying, and Sexism

Minor: Confinement and Injury/Injury detail

birdofalltrades's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Violence, Bullying, Classism, Grief, Kidnapping, Racial slurs, Murder, Blood, and Sexism

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Colonisation, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual assault, and Alcoholism

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, and Infertility

bergha1998's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad 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

5.0

Maia is woken up unexpectedly with the news that his father the emperor as well as his half-brothers are all dead. Given that news he realizes he is the next emperor, even though he has had no training & has only visited the court once. 

Political Fantasy, Heartwarming, Incredible Character Development 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Violence, Bullying, Grief, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

lex_y's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Child abuse, and Bullying

Minor: Xenophobia

amandaterasu's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

This is my favorite book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Death, Body shaming, Xenophobia, Bullying, and Misogyny

Moderate: Classism, Colonisation, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Alcoholism and War

A lot of the Content Warnings (but not all!) here are about recovering from the trauma inflicted by the content listed. This is a book about healing and moving forward after trauma.

hamstringy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

This is the sort of book that, had I read it between the ages of 8 and 13, I would have imprinted on so hard. 

It’s decidedly not perfect (it falls into the monarchist fantasy trap a lot), but I did really appreciate the core story of a boy choosing over and over again to be kind. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Bullying, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

katie_thompson's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Death, Grief, Murder, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Bullying, Child abuse, Racism, and War

Moderate: Physical abuse, Confinement, and Cursing

Minor: Abortion

marsh_mall0w's review against another edition

funny hopeful reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Suicide, and Child abuse

Moderate: Bullying, Death, and Xenophobia

Minor: Homophobia