Does the dog die?
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Gideon the Ninth
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There is no dog in this book.
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Abandonment
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
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Palamedes goes to his death without saying goodbye to Camilla
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Abuse
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Main character suffered abuse throughout childhood, but it is not discussed in great detail.
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Not in a sexual way. A female character is left gruesomely murdered for another to find, with a message written in blood in the wall above them.
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This is probably getting "Yes"s because, before the characters develop a very VERY subtle romance, they got into vicious fights throughout their childhood and adolescence.
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Are there abusive parents?
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Harrow's parents tie a noose for her to use when they commit suicide, expecting her to do the same. She thinks of them as kind, but we later learn (in Harrow the Ninth) they were neglectful.
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
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Gideon and Harrow, yes. Harrow is framed by Gideon as more of a nemesis or an enemy on equal footing, which she is not. Harrow has much more power in their dynamic, instigated all mentioned fights, and kept Gideon against her will on their planet (from enlisting to join their army) where she is a social pariah. Harrow does have character growth and much of the more violent abuse she is blamed for is actually another character's (Crux's) doing, unbeknownst to Gideon.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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There is no "psychological manipulation that seeks to sow seeds of doubt in a targeted individual or in members of a targeted group, making them question their own memory, perception, and sanity".
There is active misleading and deceit, but not for this purpose.
There is active misleading and deceit, but not for this purpose.
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Harrow is abusive to Gideon due to her wider frustrations, which appears to be from a combination overburdening a child to a degree that would would be seen as abusive (see "is a child abused by their parents")
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Is someone stalked?
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Mentions of following and spying between characters.
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Addiction
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Animal
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Is there a dead animal?
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Undead creatures
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Assault
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Is someone held under water?
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A character believes she is about to be held underwater but instead is embraced
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A woman is slapped by another woman
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Bodily Harm
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Is there excessive gore?
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Corpses and violent deaths are described in detail. A character has magic relating to flesh and blood and those descriptions are quite graphic.
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Is someone tortured?
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not onscreen?? its possible to interpret some offscreen deaths as having involved torture
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Are any teeth damaged?
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There's a scene in the first chapter where a character loses multiple teeth during a fight. They are later put back into place with magic, but it mentions that the reapplication was rough and still causes her pain weeks later.
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Is someone burned alive?
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there are bodies found in an incinerator but they were killed before burned
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Is there a hanging?
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Yes, specifically described group suicide with multiple references in the book
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Is there decapitation?
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The decapitation itself isn't shown onscreen, but a character does find a severed head.
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Is there cannibalism?
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In a very minor way. A character consumes part of another character's hair and a thumbnail, and bites their hand. It's a very minor thing and is part of their magic
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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The Seventh House Necromancer at several points, due to chronic illness.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Yes three characters, before the main events by hanging.
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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they don't actually, and its offscreen, but a death is at first blamed on a fall down a ladder.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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It is suspected and discussed once
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Gideon at one point after a trial
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Does someone break a bone?
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Many, many broken bones discussed to varying levels of detail.
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Is there amputation?
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A character loses their arm in the final fight
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Are any hands damaged?
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one character bites into her own hand for necromancy purposes
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Are there dislocations?
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A characters kneecap slides out of place and I believe someone else’s shoulder.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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One notable occasion is a force field that corrodes the body within seconds of entering, and is described attacking both a hand and an entire body.
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Children
Is a minor sexualized?
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Harrowhark in this book is 17 years old. There is at least one joke about her being nude in one scene, however by a character who themselves is just barely no longer a minor.
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Does a kid die?
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Two children, age 13 and 14, both die graphically and violently.
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
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Does a family member die?
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off screen, mentions of several characters parents dying
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Does a parent die?
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Both leads have deceased parents, and the nature of those deaths are discussed at various points throughout the novel.
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Fear
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A character stating they will not ask their retainer to shave their head.
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Is someone possessed?
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Near the end of the novel a character is possessed by a violent spirit and attacks another character.
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Is there a shower scene?
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There is a bath-like scene in a pool between leads at one point but they are clothed, and Gideon describes taking a bath and using a high tech shower-like device but nothing is described in much detail
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Are there ghosts?
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Yes, referred to as "revenants".
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Are there mannequins?
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No, but there are skeletons that move on their own due to magic that are perhaps mannequin-like
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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The book mostly takes place in a large building surrounded by the ocean.
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Gross
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Is someone eaten?
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A character eats a chunk of another's palm, which he consents to, and later his heart.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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Is there incarceration?
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A prison has its location mentioned and some communication with it occours. The titular characters is an indentured servant kept in poor conditions in a cell, and frequently punished for trying to escape.
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LGBTQ+
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Is an LGBT+ person outed?
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No. It's a LGBT+norm society so nobody bats an eyelash and the majority of the main cast at some point or another is implied to be LGBT+
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Is there bisexual cheating?
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It is arguably implied that there is a policule, but if that is actually the case, it appears to be fully consentual.
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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Incredibly old manuscripts wither in light or to the touch.
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Medical
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Two major characters are scientists who partially function as medics, and they have some medical equipment, apparently including IVs, though no space that would consitute a medical facility.
There is a morgue.
The final scene in the Eplilogue takes place in a hospital.
There is a morgue.
The final scene in the Eplilogue takes place in a hospital.
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Does someone have cancer?
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The seventh house necromancer has terminal cancer, and she discusses her expected death openly.
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Mental Health
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Three characters hang themselves and two others sacrifice themselves.
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CharacterA attempted suicided but decided she wanted to live. Immediately after, her parents do commit suicide. At the end of the book, another character sacrifices herself so characterA can live.
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Harrow repeatedly harms herself but only to use her blood for necromancy and to use her blood as ink. However, her blasé nature about it makes Gideon uncomfortable at times.
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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One of the characters rarely turns up for meals and sees food as a necessity, rather than a thing to enjoy. This is very subtle and not really openly pointed out in the narrative.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Debatable. Harrow has schizophrenia, but is not violent because of her mental illness and, as far I remember, is only physical in self defense and/or during typical fantasy fights.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Both Gideon and Harrow have had terrible childhoods and are traumatised by it. Throughout the novel, as more characters die, the remaining characters become more and more traumatised by the events. The ending leaves Harrow extremely traumatised and the sequel deals nearly entirely in her PTSD from the events of this book.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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One of the characters in wrapped in a cocoon of bone for a period of time, but as a form of self-protection.
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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Harrowhark Nonagesimus canonically has schizophrenia, which is explored further in the second book.
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Natural Disasters
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Noxious
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Are there underwater scenes?
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Two characters have a conversation in water, briefly going underwater during it.
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Several characters use profanity including the lead Gideon who does so frequently. But it is not especially vulgar and mostly as sort of a tonal gag in the writing
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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Some characters secretly watch others in a detective like manner, trying to work out what the others are doing.
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Pregnancy
Does someone miscarry?
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It's vaguely referenced that one character cannot conceive children
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Mentions of the main character being an infant, and discussions of infants, particularly of infants and children dying.
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
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Not in particular, but one character is described in pretty anti-fat stereotypes
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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Homophobia would be a foreign concept in this universe
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Possibly. A severely chronically I’ll character is doted on and requests to be treated that way from Gideon
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Most of the characters are LGBT, and there's a lot of death. It's not a token gay character dying or anything like that.
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Race
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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A character has a complicated vaguely romantic or adjacent association with another with a large age gap.
A character has an intense obvious crush on their seven year older friend, since at least the age of 13, aged 20 and 27 in the book. These feelings are taken as serious feelings with tact and sympathy, despite the romantic portion not being recipicated. The younger character accepts this, particularly as they are aware that they are too young for the older one to even concieve of being interested being in them.
A character has an intense obvious crush on their seven year older friend, since at least the age of 13, aged 20 and 27 in the book. These feelings are taken as serious feelings with tact and sympathy, despite the romantic portion not being recipicated. The younger character accepts this, particularly as they are aware that they are too young for the older one to even concieve of being interested being in them.
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
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No real world religions are discussed, but the characters all belong to an empire called the nine houses, whose ruler is their god. The main character belongs to the ninth house, also known as "Shadow cultists" due to their unique religious focus within the empire.
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Are there demons or Hell?
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There is a gribbly thing that is presented as appearing vaguely demonic. It is not associated with Hell.
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Sex
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Those twins are weirdly close, but it’s more meant to create an unnerving atmosphere rather than imply incest.
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Is there sexual content?
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Dirty magazines are mentioned, but it is in a joking manner. There is are no sexual scenes.
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Are there nude scenes?
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In one scene, all of Harrow's clothes disintegrate. The situation is generally not sexualized, though Gideon does make a brief joke about Harrow's underwear a bit later.
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Social
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Spoiler
Does it have a sad ending?
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Most of the characters are dead by the end, and the remaining ones left alive are deeply traumatised.
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Are there end credit scenes?
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There extra material after the glossary in the paperback version
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Vehicular
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Does a plane crash?
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Not a plane but a space ship. Minor characters are on the ship when it explodes.
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Violence
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Does someone drown?
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A character thinks they are being drowned when pulled under the water, and their acceptance of it is disturbing
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Not in this book. One is referenced in subsequent books
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