Did certain parts of the book make you uncomfortable?

[Ferdinand_Otieno]

In Filch's defense, he was being constantly harassed by the students, especially by the Weasley twins. In his small and mean mind, he saw severe punishment as just retribution, not cruelty for the sake of it. He loved his Mrs. Norris, and I dare you to imagine the Game Keeper treating an animal as reverently as Filch did his cat.

It seems strange that I'm actually defending Filch lol. He was certainly not a favorite character of mind. But I kinda pity him, because he was a victim of bullying and harassment throughout his life.

This is a valid point! The game keeper was just evil and grumpy, but reminicient of filch in a way

He may have been inspired by Filch, but in my humble opinion, they were very different characters. Love the fact that we all have different takes on him!

I don't think they were that different, but I love the comparison too.

[Kro92813]

Thinking of babies being stretched and tortured in Shadowpain

[Kro92813]

The spiders. All the spiders. *shiver*

[Ferdinand_Otieno]

Thinking of babies being stretched and tortured in Shadowpain

That was more than uncomfortable for me as I was reading.

[Ferdinand_Otieno]

The spiders. All the spiders. *shiver*

I can see why that may seem uncomfortable to someone...else.

[Moray_001]

From the book description, I’m pretty sure that some dark aspects are to be expected. Not everything is well and good even in a fantasy land.

[Kro92813]

From the book description, I’m pretty sure that some dark aspects are to be expected. Not everything is well and good even in a fantasy land.

and in all reality, a book would be pretty boring if it was all rainbows and butterflies

[Inkroverts]

I've seen similar unnecessary cruelties like drowning small animals in other books and movies. I can guess that their purposes are to make the audience feel sympathy and anger, and they mostly succeed, even though I can't see the point of them in the plot.

[Kro92813]

I've seen similar unnecessary cruelties like drowning small animals in other books and movies. I can guess that their purposes are to make the audience feel sympathy and anger, and they mostly succeed, even though I can't see the point of them in the plot.

I think in this particular scene it was to show how mongrels were treated in Echoland. The wolf pup that was being killed was a mongrel and Fortis Fortuna mentions later in the book that Mongrels are meant to be killed (whether they are humans or animals)

[Moray_001]

From the book description, I’m pretty sure that some dark aspects are to be expected. Not everything is well and good even in a fantasy land.

and in all reality, a book would be pretty boring if it was all rainbows and butterflies

Exactly! The dark side of every story keeps you on the edge of your seat.

[Ferdinand_Otieno]

From the book description, I’m pretty sure that some dark aspects are to be expected. Not everything is well and good even in a fantasy land.

Especially when fantasy goes a long way to mimic real life situations and people.

[Ferdinand_Otieno]

From the book description, I’m pretty sure that some dark aspects are to be expected. Not everything is well and good even in a fantasy land.

and in all reality, a book would be pretty boring if it was all rainbows and butterflies

Even Children's books have a little bit of a downside, that's how critical it is to most plots.

[Ferdinand_Otieno]

I've seen similar unnecessary cruelties like drowning small animals in other books and movies. I can guess that their purposes are to make the audience feel sympathy and anger, and they mostly succeed, even though I can't see the point of them in the plot.

It definitely worked on me and I was furious at characters like Fate Sealers and the Game Keeper throughout the book.

[Ferdinand_Otieno]

I've seen similar unnecessary cruelties like drowning small animals in other books and movies. I can guess that their purposes are to make the audience feel sympathy and anger, and they mostly succeed, even though I can't see the point of them in the plot.

I think in this particular scene it was to show how mongrels were treated in Echoland. The wolf pup that was being killed was a mongrel and Fortis Fortuna mentions later in the book that Mongrels are meant to be killed (whether they are humans or animals)

Even Fortis Fortuna's mentality was another uncomfortable addition in the book.

[Ferdinand_Otieno]

From the book description, I’m pretty sure that some dark aspects are to be expected. Not everything is well and good even in a fantasy land.

and in all reality, a book would be pretty boring if it was all rainbows and butterflies

Exactly! The dark side of every story keeps you on the edge of your seat.

Some are too uncomfortable to continue reading on, but for this book, it was just enough to keep me reading and draw in my emotions to the characters and plot.