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uselesspirateraven's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Vomit, and Death of parent
Minor: Pregnancy
kiwij96's review against another edition
- 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
The story was enchanting and magical with a big focus traditional gender norms and values in medieval Russia, as well as religious bigotry in traditionally pagan areas. However, these topics were handled really well and were written to evoke emotion in the reader.
Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Self harm
margaret_k30's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Animal death, Physical abuse, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Self harm and Toxic relationship
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Violence, and Pregnancy
geminisoul's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
cnjg88's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Self harm and Blood
kseniap's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Moderate: Self harm
anni_swanilda's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
whooliio's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Animal death and Death
Moderate: Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Religious bigotry, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Animal cruelty, Rape, and Self harm
codexmendoza's review against another edition
2.0
Plus points for the unique setting inspired by Russian folktales, but it also means that everything good in this book is built on something created by someone else and underneath the gilt paint, the prose and plotting aren’t terribly interesting. Ultimately, I would rate this higher for the setting, but this book also has this undercurrent of eating disorder romanticism — the heroine starves herself secretly to “save everyone” by feeding the house spirits, self harms for the same reason, and vomits quite a bit. All ostensibly for plot reasons, but it’s as transparent as a tumblr aesthetic blog.
Just because it’s better than the median YA novel doesn’t make it good.
Moderate: Eating disorder and Self harm
kaiyakaiyo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
My only complaint was that it felt like Anna’s “power” wasn’t explored much, but then I saw the dreaded word on the digital cover: trilogy. Guess I’m strapped in for more, though I think I would’ve really liked this as a stand-alone
Graphic: Body horror and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Self harm