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Crueler Mercies by Maren Chase
challenging
dark
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
4.75
Feminine rage at its finest.
Knowing you will be at a disadvantage and be underestimated and using all of that to your benefit. Quietly working against the cruel powers who would quiet and cage you until you can make your final move.
This is a brutal book that is aptly named. The not so small injustices and cruelties a woman is forced into, the way a person can only take so much before it’s their turn to deal out cruel mercies in return.
I really like this take on the feminine rage avenging woman, it’s a quiet taking while no one is looking at her rather than the popular loud and brash forcefulness that we see so often.
Knowing you will be at a disadvantage and be underestimated and using all of that to your benefit. Quietly working against the cruel powers who would quiet and cage you until you can make your final move.
This is a brutal book that is aptly named. The not so small injustices and cruelties a woman is forced into, the way a person can only take so much before it’s their turn to deal out cruel mercies in return.
I really like this take on the feminine rage avenging woman, it’s a quiet taking while no one is looking at her rather than the popular loud and brash forcefulness that we see so often.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic