That wasn't my remembrance of the series, perhaps because I read a lot of urban fantasy and science fiction where violence is part of the characters' life experiences, so the fact that Cherijo copes/overcomes the bad things that occur in the books is what I takeaway from them, not that they occur. Then again, I read the books as an adult, so the things that happen to her over the course of the series didn't really cause any shock. I've read much worse.
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