Again, this kind of violence was not something I set out to write and, in all honesty, they were the hardest scenes for me. There is also physical and psychological abuse including one graphic whipping scene. There are scenes with uninvited and inappropriate touching. Though there isn’t on-page rape, there are some scenes where the unspoken threat of it hangs over Theo’s head. But at the same time, it would have been been disingenuous to write about colonization without including it. One of my biggest pet peeves in storytelling is when rape is used as a plot device. The discussions of it happening off-page aren’t graphic or explicit. To be clear: there is no on-page rape or attempted rape in the book. About half of the main cast of characters are or were slaves and they talk very frankly about their experiences, including being beaten, starved, and raped. I’m going to try to be vague enough to avoid spoilers, but there may be some very light ones.Īsh Princess is about a conquered country where the original inhabitants are all slaves. I’m seeing some discussion of the violence in Ash Princess so I want to talk a bit about that so that readers can go in with open eyes. I'm compiling it here so it can be easily found. I’ …more Hi! I've actually been getting this question a lot and I did a Twitter thread about it. Laura Hi! I've actually been getting this question a lot and I did a Twitter thread about it.
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