AotQ: Reading the whole trilogy? Trigger warning, and discussion of all 3

[Michele]

I thought it might be good to have a thread for those who continue reading the whole trilogy - they are very short books.

Also I felt some might want to know there will be torture, rape (not graphically described), suicide, and death.

I've seen the thread about this being a YA wish-fulfillment girly fantasy - and book one may be a little of that - but some dark crap happens, and it has realistic consequences.

[Joanna Chaplin]

Michele wrote: "I thought it might be good to have a thread for those who continue reading the whole trilogy - they are very short books.

Also I felt some might want to know there will be torture, rape (not graph..."

I was stunned at the darkness of the rape when I went back. I am surprised that teenage me wasn't shocked enough for me to have retained that part.

[Maria]

I'm in the middle of the second and I'm also surprised by how dark it is. Not only that, but by how strongly I react to it. I'm not sure if it's because of how empathetic I can be or how well she describes those scenes.

[John]

Hi Michele,

Thanks for this heads up.

I have the trilogy but don't plan to read the second and third books for a while. Other S&L books to read first

But on the basis of the first book and the comments about it being a YA book I was thinking about getting a copy for my niece. I am now not so certain that would be a good idea as she is young and I don't think I want to expose her to these kind of concepts.