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booksthatburn 's review for:
Forest of a Thousand Lanterns
by Julie C. Dao
DID NOT FINISH: 32%
I know this is an anti-hero story, setting her up to be the villain of the sequel, but I detested the main character and just couldn't keep going. Her relationship with Wei feels built on nothing but having been near each other. They have no chemistry and it seems like they barely even talk. I like it when characters have good reasons to try and do a bad thing, but this seemed like she's determined to make terrible decisions in order to live up to what her abuser wants, knowing that Guma was abusive. I don't like any of it and I'm stopping.
Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism
Minor: Ableism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Excrement, Death of parent, War