✨Book Review✨ The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna So I’m on the fence with this one. I slowly came to the realization and feeling that I felt like I was reading a movie. The story moved slow in the beginning and only picked up slightly towards the end. The whole time though, I felt like I was watching a movie in slow motion. TW: blood/gore, rape, mutilation, torture, grim/dark violence The messaging was really loud for young girls and I am here for all of that. We do need to fight the patriarchy and also demand our worth. You should not shy away because of your differences. We should embrace the differences and use them to your advantage. However, I got too much Handmaid’s Tale meets War Girls meets Black Sun from this story. The love interest trope was cute, but unnecessary. In their attempt to fight back the patriarchy and show their worth without needing men in their lives to guard them in all aspects, the MC goes and gets emotionally caught up with the male uruni that she is partnered with. For me, that was a bit annoying, but it wasn’t bad bad. It just leaves the question of, if the women are making a stand saying that, “we don’t need men to rule our lives,” why would she go and fall in love with the type that used to kill their kind? For the majority of YA readers, this book is probably going to be good for them, but for high fantasy YA connoisseurs, this book is not top shelf reading material. This book does wrap up in a way that doesn’t make you feel forced to read the second book, but also leaves an opening for more story to come, seeing that there are unanswered questions and a whole kingdom to unite. So, there you have it! Full review: 🔗 in bio. Silent Book Chat will be discussing this book on 8/15! Looking forward to this discussion! #readreadread #write #maddblackreads #wellreadblackgirls #diversespines #goodreads #blackreaders #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #booknerdigans #bookaholic #bookaddict #bookstagrammer #diversebooks #bookworm #blackgirlsread #lovetoread #blackwomenread #readblackbooks #blackandbookish #bookreview #blackstoriesmatter #blackbookblogger #bookclubofinstagram #moodreader #thegildedones #bibliophile https://www.instagram.com/p/CSdcchTLaw5/?utm_medium=tumblr
