Scan barcode
tiffranosaurusrex's review against another edition
dark
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.25
I've never hated a book so much (I've barely ever disliked a book at all!). You can't continue to cheer for a protagonist after they rape a young girl. Characters are allowed to be flawed and unlikable etc, but for me there's a line. They should at least have a glimmer of redeem-ability and this character doesn't. You can feel the author's dislike of women seeping out of the pages. It's a hostile read and I thought it was complete garbage.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual assault
deimosremus's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault
_lily_flower_'s review against another edition
1.0
The first person to show kindness to him and who manages to cure of his leprosy...he rapes. And then he thinks she did him a favor for not telling anyone. It's only 60 pages in. Fuck this book and fuck this author.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape
commander's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Very uneven. Writing clunky and dated.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape
regisfrey's review against another edition
slow-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
1.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape
picketfences's review against another edition
ick. he forces himself onto a presumably teenage girl (she is “too young to woo”) and “takes something” as well as “hurts her”, plus “blood on her loins”. not into this glossed over rape scene, doesn’t set the protagonist up for future good decisions. after all that he gets to work questing with the girl’s mother like nothing happened. i am sure there is a character arc point being made but i lost interest in his story after that.
Content Warnings
Minor: Child abuse and Rape
lydiacrouch's review against another edition
I got to the vivid description of rape done by the main character on a child and couldn’t go on
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Rape
samuel_kane_horrigan's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape
sincebeta's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape
joy_davis's review against another edition
adventurous
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
Flowery language. Going on and on about leprosy.
The world/magic is kind of interesting, but I wonder how it's actually connected to the real world. I'm not invested enough to read more of the series to find out if that is ever explained, though.
As with any story, this volume suffers from using the "all a dream" trope. Eventually I did feel like it was a metaphor for our lives being obsessed with our weaknesses instead of embracing our strength in this magical world, which was kind of interesting, but it came about in a very annoying Ten of Swords overthinking kind of way.
The world/magic is kind of interesting, but I wonder how it's actually connected to the real world. I'm not invested enough to read more of the series to find out if that is ever explained, though.
As with any story, this volume suffers from using the "all a dream" trope. Eventually I did feel like it was a metaphor for our lives being obsessed with our weaknesses instead of embracing our strength in this magical world, which was kind of interesting, but it came about in a very annoying Ten of Swords overthinking kind of way.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape