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A review by snazel
Laisrathera by M.C.A. Hogarth
Battles and marriages and baby aliens and executions and attempted genocide. It's a rush.
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I didn't realize until I started this series, and then was prompted to look into it, is that the author doesn't consider rape worse than other physical attacks. My interpretation of this is that she's not downplaying rape, but asking us to consider the cost of physical violence on people. Especially when it can only really be termed torture. I do think personally that rape as makes me uncomfortable in a way that a calculated beating does not, but I haven't experienced either personally so I'm into really theoretical territory. Turns out I have strong feelings about sacraments. Who knew.
Okay so, there's a bunch of rape in this book. If you're messed up by that, you should know.
Be excellent to each other, all y'all.
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I didn't realize until I started this series, and then was prompted to look into it, is that the author doesn't consider rape worse than other physical attacks. My interpretation of this is that she's not downplaying rape, but asking us to consider the cost of physical violence on people. Especially when it can only really be termed torture. I do think personally that rape as makes me uncomfortable in a way that a calculated beating does not, but I haven't experienced either personally so I'm into really theoretical territory. Turns out I have strong feelings about sacraments. Who knew.
Okay so, there's a bunch of rape in this book. If you're messed up by that, you should know.
Spoiler
So in this book particularly, the bad guys use rape as a tool to show their complete subjugation of their captives. (They have some unsurprisingly messed up views of gender.) And it happens a lot. A side character dies of her wounds.Be excellent to each other, all y'all.