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Violence
A lot
Significant violence — colonial violence; the collector's world and its cruelties
Language
Barely any
Minimal strong language
Sexual Content
Some
Mild romantic content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Colonial violence — the collector's world; what is done to people from other worlds; January's controlled upbringing — the paternalism depicted; The doors and their keepers — the politics of who controls them; A dog — the dog is in danger; readers should know this
What this book is about
January Scaller has grown up in the house of a wealthy collector who controls her life and her strange abilities. She finds a book — a story about doors between worlds — and begins to understand what she is and what has been done to her. The Ten Thousand Doors of January is a portal fantasy that is also a story about colonialism, control, and what women are told they cannot do.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Colonial violence — the collector's world and what is done to people from other worlds
January's controlled upbringing — the paternalism and its costs
A dog — the dog is in danger; readers who are sensitive to this should know
The doors and who controls them — the political stakes
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