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purplepenning's Reviews (1.72k)
Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Grief, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug use, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, Alcohol
Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
The humor, which was admittedly funny in the author's Extraordinaries books (and, to a lesser degree, in some previous humorous fantasies and contemporaries) felt out of place here. Not all of the humor, of course — there's plenty of Klune's other trademark brands of humor, including a very needy and lovable sentient Roomba with ADHD and a kind-hearted and terrifying caretaker robot who issues threats of pain while displaying pithy remarks. Both hilarious.
As for the unmet expectations, that's mostly on me, but I'm also not sure the story manages to communicate the big truths at its core — the ones about humanity, time, forgiveness, loyalty, hope. It felt a little flat — the characters and plot needed to be rounded out, plumped up, given a few more emotional beats and a few less repetitive gags.
Still... any day reading a robot fantasy by T.J. Klune is a good day.
Graphic: Gore, Violence
Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Blood, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Sexual content, Excrement
Graphic: Alcohol
Moderate: Cursing, Drug use
Minor: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Sexual content, Vomit, Death of parent, Pregnancy
Minor: Drug use
Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment
Minor: Blood, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, Classism
Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Rape, Slavery, Abandonment
Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Chronic illness, Cursing, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Vomit, Medical content, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Abortion, Abandonment
