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mburnsides's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: War, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Death, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, War, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Death of parent, Pregnancy, Animal death, and Confinement
okamihylia's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
Moderate: Death, Murder, Violence, Confinement, and Emotional abuse
xandra_lyn's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Blood and Death
Moderate: Child abuse
Death: a LOT of dragons get killed in somewhat graphic ways Child abuse: it's clear that the guardian dragons were emotionally and physically abusive to the baby dragons.thatnatbumbled's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Violence, Murder, War, and Death
madamenovelist's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Blood, Physical abuse, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Animal cruelty, War, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Child abuse
doodle1212's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death
eggfartz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Death, Murder, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Animal death
agatha_hopkins'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
4.0
Moderate: Toxic friendship, Child abuse, Death, and Violence
Minor: Kidnapping and Confinement
allium_'s review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, and Death
Moderate: Gore, Child abuse, and Confinement
lolajh's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
As a book itself, flaws such as these that are consistent with each character became quite irritating when they went unrecognised and undeveloped throughout the book, such as the constant poor treatment of basically all the dragonets besides Tsunami, which of course is a good thing for her and I feel is very deserved, I love her, however it is unequal, especially when she is the one to often probe the other dragonets about things she deems are not good enough. The dragonets are completely undermined by each other, making for a fragile relationship with not a consistent foundation of trust and respect for each other. But that is where the room for improvement exists in a series, for these dragonets to believe in each other as well as themselves, for Sunny, Starflight, Clay, and Glory to get the recognition and respect they deserve.
Another thing about that: the ableism of dragons! Kestrel especially is very unwelcoming and disrespectful to anyone with “differences” like Sunny “looking different” (she is so disrespected for her appearance throughout the book); Clay for his intelligence and obliviousness, which is honestly totally normal and honestly a neurodivergent trait that he shouldn’t have been ridiculed for; Glory for literally just being a Rainwing; and
I do however believe the toxicity of Clay and Peril’s relationship was handled well
And I just really really love Clay. The most deserving main character of the book, the kindest, the sweetest, and the one that doesn’t torment his friends for things they can’t control. His pacifism was a really interesting perspective to see from a dragon.
Overall, if this book were to be a stand-alone, I would have a very different and more negative review of it, and whilst it probably will not end up being my favourite of the series I do still wish to continue it. I think it sets up a strong foundation of the world that the audience is introduced to, that dragons can be
Graphic: Death, Violence, War, Ableism, Gore, Murder, Confinement, Animal death, Blood, Torture, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Confinement, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Domestic abuse