WARNING FROM THE PERSON WHO TRANSLATED THE NOVEL: "this is gonna be a rather depraved, sacrilegious, blasphemous commentary on religious customs, more so the church. so, if you think you'll be offended because of the profane direction in which this story is gonna take with its themes, then this isn't the right novel for you. additionally, many scenes depicted in this novel contain mature scenes, including but not limited to: depictions of physical, psychological and s*xual ab*se, dubcon/noncon, also self harm and other violent events—please consider yourself warned. (if you keep reading anyway and then come back at the novel with negative reviews highlighting the things mentioned above and some other stuff between those lines, I mean, it's not like I didn't warn ya) " This isn't a fantasy, this is not a fun read. This novel is also sm*t but it is not romantic, so leave your expectations at the door. It's a pretty harrowing indictment of religious institutions and a very literal representation of the Madonna/who*e concept. This series involves a lot of graphic non-con, violence and s*xual assault against the FL by pretty much everyone, including the ML. It includes all manner of depravity and it's hard to name a single character (aside from the horrifically ab*sed FL) who isn't irredeemable or corrupt. It is a pretty brutal read, but I do think the mature content is included with the intent of providing commentary about how institutions like the church and religious dogma enact violence against the most disadvantaged while dressing it up as 'holy'. I feel like this novel has something to say and is intentionally straying into these messed up places for a reason, but holy crap it's a LOT. This has all the elements of a crushing tragedy so... yeah... calibrate your expectations accordingly. THIS IS NOT A LIGHT READ, PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD HEED THE TRIGGER WARNINGS
WARNING FROM THE PERSON WHO TRANSLATED THE NOVEL: "this is gonna be a rather depraved, sacrilegious, blasphemous commentary on religious customs, more so the church. so, if you think you'll be offended because of the profane direction in which this story is gonna take with its themes, then this isn't the right novel for you.
additionally, many scenes depicted in this novel contain mature scenes, including but not limited to: depictions of physical, psychological and s*xual ab*se, dubcon/noncon, also self harm and other violent events—please consider yourself warned. (if you keep reading anyway and then come back at the novel with negative reviews highlighting the things mentioned above and some other stuff between those lines, I mean, it's not like I didn't warn ya) "
This isn't a fantasy, this is not a fun read. This novel is also sm*t but it is not romantic, so leave your expectations at the door.
It's a pretty harrowing indictment of religious institutions and a very literal representation of the Madonna/who*e concept. This series involves a lot of graphic non-con, violence and s*xual assault against the FL by pretty much everyone, including the ML. It includes all manner of depravity and it's hard to name a single character (aside from the horrifically ab*sed FL) who isn't irredeemable or corrupt. It is a pretty brutal read, but I do think the mature content is included with the intent of providing commentary about how institutions like the church and religious dogma enact violence against the most disadvantaged while dressing it up as 'holy'.
I feel like this novel has something to say and is intentionally straying into these messed up places for a reason, but holy crap it's a LOT.
This has all the elements of a crushing tragedy so... yeah... calibrate your expectations accordingly.
THIS IS NOT A LIGHT READ, PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD HEED THE TRIGGER WARNINGS