This episode we’re discussing “Ptolemy’s Gate” by Jonathan Stroud. Really, we end up in a thematic discussion of how the main trilogy develops concepts of colonization, classism, and torture across its entire run.
PUBLISHER: Listening Library
YEAR: 2005
LENGTH: 501 pages (15 hours 32 minutes)
AGE: Young Adult
GENRE: Fantasy
RECOMMENDED: Highly
Topic 1: Colonization. Begins at (1:35), CW for colonization, slavery, war.
Topic 2: Classism. Begins at (18:25), CW for classism, ableism.
Topic 3: Torture. Begins at (39:19), CW for torture, deadnaming, slavery, colonization, war.
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Book TWs: Graphic/Explicit CW for classism. Moderate CW for cursing, confinement, violence, police brutality, torture, slavery, war, colonization, murder, suicide, child death, death. Minor CW for ableism, fatphobia, xenophobia, sexism, misogyny, kidnapping, fire, rape.
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