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La Misericordia del Cuervo (The Merciful Crow) by Margaret Owen
14 reviews
barry_benson's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
All I can say is that this is not, in anyway, light reading. This book deals with a lot of racism and misogyny.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Hate crime, Racism, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexism, and Grief
abbyschalupa's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
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? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Violence, Grief, and Murder
tallismarlowe's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I fell a little in love with the main character a few pages in, and stayed that way until the end of the book. The character dynamics are the highlight of this book, at least for me, and they're not always easy ones. The worldbuilding is good in this one; it never sacrificed plot pacing to infodump, but wove it into the narrative instead. I could see the landscapes and characters in front of me as I read. Pretty sure I finished this in two sittings.
Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury
dariusmortee's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
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
I had a hard time starting this book. I couldn’t really get into it that easy, but when I did fall into the story it was an amazing ride.
I am personally a non native reader and that was why I had trouble starting this book. The words and sentence building used weren’t familiar to me, which made it harder to understand what was written. I wouldn’t recommend this book to someone who just started reading in English as a non native speaker.
Besides that, this book has a lot of diversity, fun characters and a good plot!
So far I noticed pansexual representation, possible gay representation, non binary representation and many different skin tones.
I can understand however if people would find this book to be triggering due to a lot of death and racism/discrimination.
I am personally a non native reader and that was why I had trouble starting this book. The words and sentence building used weren’t familiar to me, which made it harder to understand what was written. I wouldn’t recommend this book to someone who just started reading in English as a non native speaker.
Besides that, this book has a lot of diversity, fun characters and a good plot!
So far I noticed pansexual representation, possible gay representation, non binary representation and many different skin tones.
I can understand however if people would find this book to be triggering due to a lot of death and racism/discrimination.
Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Racism, Xenophobia, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Animal cruelty
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