The Starless Sea
Book • 2019 • Fantasy
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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There is a scene where the main character is in a false world where he is being told that he has a mental illness that causes him to have delusional episodes and that everything up to that point in the book is imagined.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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There are scenes where characters are shown to drink alcohol at a bar, and there is a later instance where a character is drunk.
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Are there bugs?
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In addition to bee imagery throughout the book, there's a scene near the end that involves many actual bees.
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Is there amputation?
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A character is said to have a collection of severed hands. Amputation (again of the hand) is also threatened, but never carried out. Additionally, though I'm not certain it would come under amputation, a character has a dress with ears on it. However, it is implied these aren't real.
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Is there a hanging?
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SPOILERS!
a character is found hanged (unconscious but not dead, though first unclarified). the method is described vaguely in 3 lines after other characters first see the silhouette of the "body".
a character is found hanged (unconscious but not dead, though first unclarified). the method is described vaguely in 3 lines after other characters first see the silhouette of the "body".
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A main character falls a great distance and is temporarily assumed dead. We see them falling from both Zachary's POV and their own, but they are ultimately shown to land safely. However, this same fall kills another character they were falling with.
Two other characters (including Zachary) fall a great distance in an elevator, however they crash with minor injuries and survive.
Two other characters (including Zachary) fall a great distance in an elevator, however they crash with minor injuries and survive.
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Are there ghosts?
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in "the girl and the feather", they are also harmless in the context of the story
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Although not self-inflicted, there are rituals involving branding the skin with an image (described) which could be triggering.
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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The protagonist is shown to be anxious and have a panic attack upon finding out some information (near the beginning of the book) in a bathroom. It's not extremely severe and he gets himself through it. His anxiety is mentioned by name once, by a character named Dorian.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Characters are mentioned to ride an elevator on several occasions, but it isn't framed claustrophobically.
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Does someone die by suicide?
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A female character (Mirabel) dresses up as Max from 'Where The Wild Things Are', although in a white dress. She is consistently referred to with she/her pronouns, although the protagonist gives her the nickname Max and refers to her with that name often. She doesn't ever show to dislike this, however.
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Does the black guy die first?
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*Spoilers* A black guy does die, but it isn't first or because he's black. He also *spoilers again* comes back to life.
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Is there hate speech?
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People in general aren't prejudiced in this book at all. There is no hate speech shown or described.
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Does an LGBT person die?
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*Spoilers* One of the LGBT characters does die, however this isn't because he's LGBT. Him being gay is never met with any animosity throughout the book. He also *spoilers again* comes back to life later in the book.
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There is one fade to black implication, but nothing explicit
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Though the ending is ultimately happy (bittersweet?), I genuinely wasn't sure it would be until the final pages.
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Is there blood/gore?
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amalgamiano
bleeding from behind the ear is caused by a knife injury
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Does someone drown?
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If I recall correctly yes, in honey not water.
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