jojo_'s review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Medical content, Miscarriage, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Violence, Abortion, Racial slurs, Blood, Child death, and Death
Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Addiction, Confinement, War, Misogyny, Death of parent, and Infidelity
Minor: Incest, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicide
sofipitch'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
4.5
I would really recommend this book but do check the trigger warnings, if some topics are an issue for you.
(Just my soapbox but I think this book is very firmly magical realism, not fantasy, and honestly that a book can't be both in the fantasy and magical realism genres, they both have magic but the fundamentals contradict one another.)
Graphic: Child death, Death, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Racism
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Religious bigotry, Rape, Abortion, Confinement, Drug use, Infidelity, Slavery, War, and Racial slurs
Minor: Cancer, Addiction, Blood, and Dementia
sartastic's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Slavery
Moderate: Child death, Death, Grief, Miscarriage, and Sexual assault
Minor: Addiction
msbarnesela's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Grief
Moderate: Blood, Body horror, and Confinement
Minor: Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Infidelity