For those interested, I’d like to list the content warnings for DAUGHTERS OF VICTORY out of respect for my readers. This story takes place during dark, difficult times in history, which involved exploring subject matter that might be triggering for some. Below you will find mild but vague spoilers, none of which will interfere with your reading experience. The following is not listed in any particular order.
Content Warnings:
- Strong language
- Strong violence/gore
- Death/murder (gun violence, stabbing, poisoning, mention of mass murder including children and elderly, mention of death in fire)
- Politics/political parties (imperialism, socialism, capitalism, democracy, Bolshevism, fascism, Nazism)
- Anti-imperialism
- Arson/minor burns sustained from fire
- Threat of harm/death to child/children
- Classism
- Racial/ethnic slurs
- Imprisonment/confinement
- Antisemitism
- Attempted rape/threats of rape (one scene against a character witnessed by protagonist and reader; attempts and threats made against protagonist and witnessed by reader; implied rape and murder mentioned)
- Torture (beating, cutting, chemical assault to damage vision)
- Brief sexual content/nudity (mild)
- Panic attacks/anxiety/PTSD (mild)
- Abandonment/feelings of neglect/parental neglect
- Mention of siege (including mention of starvation and rumors of cannibalism)
- Physical/psychological attack against visually impaired elder
- Illness/death from poisoning (including vomiting, fever, rash, weakness)
- Toxic relationships/friendships
- Pregnancy out of wedlock
- Emotional abuse
- Hallucinations
- Corpses
- Gaslighting
- Desecration of corpse (mentioned)
- Intoxication/alcohol
- Smoking
- Poisoning
- War (mentioned)
- Sexism
- Ableism
- Vision loss/visual impairment
If you read the novel and discover anything I’ve left out, please feel free to reach out via my contact form so I can update this list accordingly.