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- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Death and Murder
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Death and Murder
Minor: Vomit and Injury/Injury detail
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Death, Murder, and War
Minor: Child death, Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
It has a bit of a slow start. When I was reading it, it felt like it took longer than it actually did for characters to be introduced and for the plot to actually start. The overall pacing of the book is pretty slow. Maybe that's because I never felt like there were particularly highstakes for the characters. I was pretty sure that the main couple would get a happy ending even if no one else did. Although, towards the end I did begin to doubt that.
I wouldn't say that this book was amazing. It was good and I enjoyed reading it. But it's not one that I would recommend to everyone.
Graphic: Confinement, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Blood, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, and Classism
Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and Murder
Minor: Mental illness, Slavery, Suicide, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Sexual content and Grief
Moderate: Child death, Infidelity, Vomit, and Abandonment
Minor: Cursing, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Cursing, Pregnancy, and Abandonment
Minor: Vomit, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Violence and Vomit
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Blood, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Cursing, and Pregnancy
4.0
It's wonderful, powerful, and both dark and inspiring. I love that poetry was accomplanied with illustrations throughout the book. They are just as beautiful as Trista Mateer's writing.