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Violence
Some
Dark fairy-tale content in the ballad tradition; violence is literary rather than graphic
Language
Barely any
Mild language in the 1970s college setting
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief adult references in the college setting
Substance Use
Barely any
Period references to college drinking and marijuana
Emotional Intensity
Some
Themes of literary knowledge, transformation, and the hidden truth beneath the academic world
What this book is about
Pamela Dean's literary retelling of the Scottish ballad Tam Lin is set at a college in the 1970s. Content is adult with the rich literary references Dean weaves throughout. Some dark fairy content. Appropriate for adult literary fantasy readers.
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Fairy-tale dark content
1970s college setting
Literary fantasy
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