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emilyacres's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual violence, Grief, and War
Minor: Ableism and Child death
tammie_reads's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism
Throughout the book, I did notice multiple instances where ableist language was used as a descriptor (ie. using the word "mute" to describe someone in shock, rather than something like "speechless"). However, at about the 85% mark, there is a character who magically has their mind severed from their body, and they're described as a "drooling simpleton", which in my opinion, is incredibly offensive. On top of this, the characters go on to speak of this character as if they are actually dead, when in the previous paragraph, it is specifically said that they are not dead, just that they lost the connection to their mind. I think that the idea that someone who loses their mind/intelligence is equivalent to being dead is incredibly ableist, and doubly so when the language used to describe them has real world implications and history attached to a specific disability.