![]() ![]() I'm shocked this is marketed to YA readers without any warning about triggers. However, I felt sick to my stomach during 90% of this book. I'll also add that the author was trying to make a point in this book, so the triggers were definitely done on purpose - with purpose. This is a feministic Sleeping Beauty reimagining, with one of the most unique spins I've ever seen. (More below.)įirst off, the writing is gorgeous. I sincerely hope the publisher adds warnings to the book itself and to the description on Goodreads. Please please please be aware of that while making a decision on whether or not this book is for you. I honestly can't give this one a rating, and that is largely due to the number of triggers - including graphic sexual assault, rape, self-harm, mental and physical abuse, suicide, and animal harm. Trust me.īlog | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Youtube It's a book that makes you mostly angry and sad, but that emotional impact is honestly why I'll remember it.Īnd open this spoiler if you're on the fence and wondering if the book might be too depressing: The ending is so fucking satisfying. But if you enjoy/can stomach dark books and creepy literary fantasy, then I would highly recommend this. Much of the book is about discovering the truth of Ama's past and suffering through the suffocating atmosphere of her being completely out of control of her life. ![]() I would also say Damsel is driven by emotion and introspection, rather than action. Content warning for: Rape/sexual assault abuse self-harm suicide animal cruelty. It is being called YA, and yet I can't really understand why. I must also stress that this book contains very adult themes. It is not particularly hard to guess some of the outcomes, but that didn't make it any less horrific or satisfying. ![]() Who was she before? Can she ever recover her past? And, behind it all, there is the matter of her lost memories. Ama finds herself in a land where women must behave, play their role, and shut up about it. The handsome rescuer is not all he first seems and it's not a spoiler to say this is absolutely NOT a fairy tale romance. The tale gets nastier and nastier from there. She only knows what Prince Emory tells her: that he has saved her, and she is bound by destiny to be his queen. This damsel - who the prince names Ama - has no memories of her life before waking in the tower. A prince takes on a dragon and sweeps a fair damsel out of the tower to be his future queen. What Girls Are Made Of ripped my heart to shreds last year, and this dark fairy tale just stomped on the pieces.ĭamsel begins like many fairy tales. It looks like Arnold is continuing her trend of writing horrible, depressing books that leave me in a constant state of anxiety while reading. I thought it was pretty awesome, too, but then I’m a fan of Arnold’s dark twisted feminist stories that most other people seem to hate. Secrets, like memories, do not disappear just because they are buried by snow or time or distance. ![]()
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