Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

True Crown - Die Lady und der Lord Magier by Olivia Atwater

20 reviews

xvicesx's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing 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? It's complicated

5.0

A thoroughly enjoyable read, mixing faeries, magic and Regency England. I liked the way that the author managed to blend themes of social justice into the story without it sounding preachy, and that ultimately Dora gets to be loved for who she is, rather than who she ought to be, or who she could have been with her full soul. 

Loved it immensely, though I was a bit uncertain about it at the start. It definitely picks up! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery, War, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Death, Emotional abuse, Trafficking, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

leligavi's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted mysterious fast-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

This is my first ever fae novel and I enjoyed it! I really loved Dora and Elias. I think their relationship was really sweet and I'm excited to maybe look at the book that is in Elias POV. 
I thought Albert and his mom were awesome side characters, but Vanessa was kind of so-so. But I think that's the point...? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Slavery, Death of parent, Murder, and War

amris's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Child abuse, Slavery, Violence, and Medical content

yzvt's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Slavery, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Classism

celeste_golds's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Kidnapping, and Classism

Moderate: Death, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Blood

Minor: Slavery, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and War

chichisode's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

if Pride and Prejudice had a baby with Howl's Moving Castle. finished this in half a day, best decision of my life. cured my reading slump.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, Medical content, Trafficking, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

kbairbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional relaxing sad 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? Yes

4.25

This was cute! I read this for my Bookclubs April pic and I really enjoyed it! I will say that I struggled with the split soul concept because if you replace that with autism you can see how poorly people with differences are treated. But I liked this book and how advocate-y it was for the oppressed and underprivileged.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Medical trauma, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

risten's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Trafficking, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, and War

micheala's review against another edition

5.0

This was such a cute romance. Like there was nothing ground breaking about it, but I'm such a sucker for a low angst romance. 

It was a particularly pleasant surprise as I had previously picked up Ten Thousand Stitches by the same author and read the first chapter and didn't really enjoy it. So I was a little nervous that this was going to be the same and it was just not going to be for me. However, once I picked it up I ended up really enjoying Dora. 

I loved that this looked like it was going to be an enemies to lovers situation, but Dora just refused to give Elias that energy back. It took a little while for me to like Elias, but as the story progresses he stops feeling like an ass and just starts feeling like a grump. 

I was also a big fan of how the ending was handled, I can't be anymore specific without spoiling it, but it was exactly what I was hoping for. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Slavery, Blood, Kidnapping, War, and Injury/Injury detail

ramakn22's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, and Trafficking