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marie_thereadingotter's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
I went into this book with zero exceptions, I’ve heard of Ruby Dixion before. But I didn’t think to look up who that was before requesting this book. Ice Planet Barbarians, so this book is technically part of the omega-verse. Would’ve liked to know that before hand.
This book was both gratuitous in sex and violence, and also very silly.
Graphic: Chronic illness, Sexual content, and Child death
Moderate: Confinement, Murder, and War
Minor: Fatphobia and Sexual assault
bear_ridge_tarot's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Medical trauma, Sexual content, Chronic illness, Confinement, and Blood
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Slavery, Body shaming, Classism, Pregnancy, and Genocide
Minor: War
hgriz511's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Sexual content and Chronic illness
Moderate: Murder, Vomit, Violence, and War
Minor: Kidnapping, Confinement, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Child death, Blood, and Pregnancy
courtneytaddonio's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I am a huge fan of Ruby Dixon. Her IPB series, despite the repetitiveness, kept me hooked all the way to her current Clone series. While I’ve always felt her Aspect and Anchor books were a bit harder to get through, I still enjoyed reading them.
This book suffered and therefore so did I. It NEEDS to be edited. If half of the book was cut, it would definitely be a stronger story. We spend a lot of time with Candra being miserable for the first half of the book that isn’t entirely necessary. The entire
What worked well? It’s rare that you find a character you dislike but still root for, but I found that in Candra. For the first half of the book, I wanted her to grow up and grow she did. It was really interesting the way Ruby crafted the blood curse and Candra was instantly recognizable to me as an insulin dependent diabetic. I felt this aspect of the novel was definitely handled with care. Ruby crafted a masterpiece of foreshadowing -
Graphic: Infertility, Medical content, Child death, War, Sexual content, and Violence
Minor: Ableism
sfdogmom's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Racism
brennaa's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Slavery, Child death, Confinement, Pregnancy, Chronic illness, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual content, Violence, War, and Death
Moderate: Rape, Animal death, Body shaming, Classism, Fatphobia, Infertility, and Ableism