➸ Trigger warnings for (view spoiler)[racism discussed (on-page), classism, cultural appropriation and colonisation discussed including the theft of Native peoples' remains and cultural items (theme), residential schools and the related abuse and neglect of Native children mentioned, the fetishisation of Indigenous/Native women mentioned, paedophilia and grooming of minors discussed, rape of a secondary character recounted, anxiety mentioned, medicinal cannabis use (on-page), teen pregnancy mentioned, death from a heart attack mentioned, blood and gore depiction including dead bodies, emesis mentioned (off-page), murder by stabbing with a knife (off-page), murder and disappearance of Indigenous/Native women and girls discussed, kidnapping (on-page), false incarceration, minor car accident (on-page) (hide spoiler)].
▷ Representation: Ojibwe & Black characters; sc with diabetes.
An exceptionally well-written, palpably eerie gothic masterpiece that, despite being full of all the romantic yearning, haunted house spooks, and glisAn 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.
➸ Trigger warnings for (view spoiler)[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 (hide spoiler)].
➸ Trigger warnings for (view spoiler)[ableism, fictional racism, indentured servitude, trauma, panic attacks, blood and injury depiction, body horror,➸ Trigger warnings for (view spoiler)[ableism, fictional racism, indentured servitude, trauma, panic attacks, blood and injury depiction, body horror, coerced medical treatment recounted including amputation and surgery (neural augment and ocular prosthetic), murder, explosion recounted, terrorism recounted (explosion of a spaceship), war and genocide recounted (hide spoiler)].
▷ Representation: Hester (mc) is a lesbian with a prosthetic eye, leg & arm; nonbinary love interest; queer scs.
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