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A review by wickedgrumpy
A Court This Cruel and Lovely by Stacia Stark
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
So many tropes were checked off in this book.
The world building is interesting and mysterious enough that I will probably eventually continue, if only because it's an easy read with low personal stakes since I didn't really care about the characters. The banter was amusing and the plotting was fun. There were some pacing issues, but it was kind of necessary plot-wise so I'm not bothered by it.
The world building is interesting and mysterious enough that I will probably eventually continue, if only because it's an easy read with low personal stakes since I didn't really care about the characters. The banter was amusing and the plotting was fun. There were some pacing issues, but it was kind of necessary plot-wise so I'm not bothered by it.
Content Warnings
Minor: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism