Does the dog die?
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Gideon the Ninth
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shinydelphox
There is no dog in this book.
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Unanswered Triggers
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Are there end credit scenes?
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banak
There extra material after the glossary in the paperback version
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Are there demons or Hell?
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banak
There is a gribbly thing that is presented as appearing vaguely demonic. It is not associated with Hell.
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Abandonment
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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AlexanderK
Off screen
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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gobtooth
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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gobtooth
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 stalked?
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Undeadcat
Mentions of following and spying between characters.
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gobtooth
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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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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gobtooth
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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banak
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 gaslighted?
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MacArthurFrancesHowe
Arguably most of the characters, byt the hidden villainof the piece.
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Kris
Main character suffered abuse throughout childhood, but it is not discussed in great detail.
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Addiction
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Is there a dead animal?
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Sari
Undead creatures
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Assault
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Undeadcat
A woman is slapped by another woman
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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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Bodily Harm
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Are any hands damaged?
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Anonymous
one character bites into her own hand for necromancy purposes
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Are there dislocations?
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Undeadcat
A characters kneecap slides out of place and I believe someone else’s shoulder.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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MacArthurFrancesHowe
The Seventh House Necromancer at several points, due to chronic illness.
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Is there decapitation?
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Varanidae
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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AdamTheAlpha
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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Is someone burned alive?
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gobtooth
there are bodies found in an incinerator but they were killed before burned
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Is there amputation?
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AdamTheAlpha
A character loses their arm in the final fight
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Is there a hanging?
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HollyRose
Yes, specifically described group suicide with multiple references in the book
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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banak
Yes three characters, before the main events by hanging.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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keysmashing
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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Does someone become unconscious?
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AlexanderK
C20
Gideon at one point after a trial
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Does someone break a bone?
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Kris
Many, many broken bones discussed to varying levels of detail.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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AprilMayandJuliet
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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Is someone tortured?
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gobtooth
not onscreen?? its possible to interpret some offscreen deaths as having involved torture
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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gobtooth
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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naganonamy
It is suspected and discussed once
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Is there excessive gore?
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Kris
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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Children
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Does a kid die?
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Kris
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 parent die?
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Kris
Both leads have deceased parents, and the nature of those deaths are discussed at various points throughout the novel.
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Does a family member die?
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gobtooth
off screen, mentions of several characters parents dying
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Fear
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Is someone possessed?
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Kris
Near the end of the novel a character is possessed by a violent spirit and attacks another character.
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Are there ghosts?
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banak
Yes, referred to as "revenants".
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Undeadcat
The book mostly takes place in a large building surrounded by the ocean.
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banak
A character stating they will not ask their retainer to shave their head.
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Is there a shower scene?
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AlexanderK
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 mannequins?
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AlexanderK
No, but there are skeletons that move on their own due to magic that are perhaps mannequin-like
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Gross
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Is someone eaten?
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gobtooth
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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banak
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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gobtooth
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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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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banak
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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banak
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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Kris
The seventh house necromancer has terminal cancer, and she discusses her expected death openly.
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Mental Health
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Kris
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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Does someone have a mental illness?
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creativeCadaver
Harrowhark Nonagesimus canonically has schizophrenia, which is explored further in the second book.
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Kris
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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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Kris
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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gobtooth
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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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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AprilMayandJuliet
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 an eating disorder?
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AprilMayandJuliet
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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Kris
Three characters hang themselves and two others sacrifice themselves.
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Noxious
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Are there underwater scenes?
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banak
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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AlexanderK
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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banak
Some characters secretly watch others in a detective like manner, trying to work out what the others are doing.
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Pregnancy
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Kris
Mentions of the main character being an infant, and discussions of infants, particularly of infants and children dying.
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Does someone miscarry?
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CupcakeSouls
It's vaguely referenced that one character cannot conceive children
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
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HollyRose
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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AlexanderK
Homophobia would be a foreign concept in this universe
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Does an LGBT person die?
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moonlitdaydreams
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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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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AlexanderK
Possibly. A severely chronically I’ll character is doted on and requests to be treated that way from Gideon
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Race
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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banak
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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DmitriVorscov
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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Sex
Is there sexual content?
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AprilMayandJuliet
Lots of porn magazines mentioned
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AprilMayandJuliet
Those twins are weirdly close, but it’s more meant to create an unnerving atmosphere rather than imply incest.
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Social
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Kris
Most of the characters are dead by the end, and the remaining ones left alive are deeply traumatised.
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Vehicular
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Does a plane crash?
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captainmander
Not a plane but a space ship. Minor characters are on the ship when it explodes.
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Violence
Is there a nuclear explosion?
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AlexanderK
Not in this book. One is referenced in subsequent books
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Does someone drown?
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AprilMayandJuliet
A character thinks they are being drowned when pulled under the water, and their acceptance of it is disturbing
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