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Violence
A lot
Significant violence between girls on the island; poacher attacks; some deaths are graphic
Language
Barely any
Clean language throughout
Sexual Content
Some
A romantic connection; sexual assault is a threat in the setting
Substance Use
Barely any
None
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The psychological horror of a system that makes women complicit in their own oppression; sustained darkness throughout
What this book is about
In Garner County, sixteen-year-old girls are sent to a remote island for their 'grace year'—where their dangerous magic is supposed to dissipate before they can rejoin society as wives and workers. Kim Liggett's YA dystopia is a brutal examination of patriarchal control and the violence women enact on each other under its constraints.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Violence between women under patriarchal pressure
Sexual assault as a constant threat
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