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emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Stalking, Car accident, Murder
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Violence, Injury/Injury detail
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
An exceptionally well-written, palpably eerie gothic masterpiece that, despite being full of all the romantic yearning, haunted house spooks, and glistening dark secrets that define the genre, cleverly makes colonialism the rightful villain. I’m speechless with awe.
Content Warnings
➸ Trigger warnings for rape discussed, period-typical misogyny, racism, colourism and religious discrimination, graphic body horror, blood and gore depiction including dead bodies, death of a father recounted, death of a wife mentioned, murder and attempted murder, housefire, poverty, war themes including mentions of military deployment and state-sanctioned executions (Mexican War of Independence), and colonialism.
emotional
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
i love strange books. i love wicked women. i love caitlin starling... but this didn't quite do it for me.
➸ Trigger warnings formisogyny, attempted arranged marriage recounted, domestic abuse mentioned, alcohol consumption, drug abuse (on-page), smoking, miscarriage mentioned, body horror, emesis, physical injuries including eye trauma (intentional but nonconsensual chemically-induced vision loss), plague, murder of a father and brothers recounted, murder and attempted murder (on-page), physical assault mentioned, whipping, torture, poisoning (theme), kidnapping and captivity, and fire*.
*Context: A boat full of infected sailors is set on fire to prevent a plague outbreak. In the opening scene, the protagonist observes the boat fire from the shore .
▷ Representation: Evelyn (mc) & Violetta (sc) are sapphic.
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➸ Trigger warnings for
*Context: A boat full of infected sailors is set on fire to prevent a plague outbreak. In the opening scene, the protagonist observes the boat fire from the shore
▷ Representation: Evelyn (mc) & Violetta (sc) are sapphic.
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Murder
Moderate: Body horror, Misogyny, Torture, Kidnapping, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Vomit, Death of parent, Alcohol, War
➸ Trigger warnings for misogyny, attempted arranged marriage recounted, domestic abuse mentioned, alcohol consumption, drug abuse (on-page), smoking, miscarriage mentioned, body horror, emesis, physical injuries including eye trauma (intentional but nonconsensual chemically-induced vision loss), plague, grief and loss depiction, accidental poisoning of a mother recounted, murder of a father and brothers recounted, murder and attempted murder (on-page), physical assault mentioned, whipping, torture, poisoning (theme), kidnapping and captivity, and fire*.
*Context: A boat full of infected sailors is set on fire to prevent a plague outbreak. In the opening scene, the protagonist observes the boat fire from the shore.
Almost no plot progression. I was waiting for something, anything, to happen.
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
hopeful
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No