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sramac's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Child death, and Death
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Infertility, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Vomit, War, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence
sirius_feanor's review
2.75
The sex scenes are one of the worst I've ever read! And most of them are told from a female point of view. They are so obviously written by a male it's just ridiculous.
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Slavery, Child death, Death of parent, Infidelity, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Murder, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Torture, Chronic illness, and Grief
vibrantautumn's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Misogyny, Slavery, Confinement, Sexual violence, Child death, Violence, and Sexism
Moderate: Infidelity, Grief, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Terminal illness, and Pregnancy
Minor: Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, War, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Religious bigotry
morgiah's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
it only took me about a fifth of the way in to realize follett was a gross perv who needs to take classes on how to write women and queer people. his writing was insensitive, vulgar, and uncomfortable. many passages made me cringe, especially the bit in the middle where ragna basically described an oedipus complex between gytha and wilwulf, and recalled the same behavior in her mother and brother and assumed it was normal. freudian bullshit was certainly not needed at all.
having a woman forced to marry her rapist was also unnecessary. there were many other plot points and conflict that could have been included in place of this.
nevertheless, i did find myself enjoying everything else surrounding the story. it was well written for the most part, and excluding any talks of appearances or sex, ragna was a riveting character with good amounts of development. i fell in love with her just as quickly as edgar.
the time period this is set in is rare for historical fiction, which also inclined me to let myself enjoy it despite my criticisms. i haven’t decided whether or not i’ll continue to read the pillars of eternity, aka whether or not i’ll be able to put up with more unnecessary descriptions of a woman’s breasts at random intervals. we’ll see. i think this book is worth reading if you also enjoy this historical time period and are able to separate parts of a book you criticize with parts of a book you enjoy.
Graphic: Rape, Slavery, Kidnapping, Confinement, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Religious bigotry, Murder, and Misogyny
Minor: Death of parent
carolined's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Suicide
Minor: Alcoholism
crystalmethany's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.5
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Infidelity, and Murder
Moderate: Body shaming, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Trafficking, Rape, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, and Pedophilia
Minor: Infertility and Grief
more_books_than_days's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
With a cast of characters who fell into predictable tropes, either good or evil with little in between, the plot also felt predictable, and very slow moving. I ended up skipping paragraphs and skim reading many pages rather than battling through sections of prose that did little to advance the story. This was a disappointment,
because I very much enjoyed the Pillars of The Earth trilogy.
Graphic: Child death, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Death, Gore, and Sexism
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Confinement, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Murder, Violence, Suicide, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexism, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Chronic illness, Excrement, and Kidnapping
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Infidelity
jolovestoread's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Slavery
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, and Rape
Minor: Animal death, Blood, Bullying, and Chronic illness