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alphabetseeds's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
What kept me from loving this book is that because of the more detached style of writing, I often had a hard time connecting with the characters' emotional states. The magic system - and I use that loosely - also follows fairly strict archetypes, where fire-blooded people are ruled by passion and intuition, and earth-blooded people are connected to the world around them and are very stoic and grounded, and it often overruled other character personality traits that may be present. It also has a pretty slow pace, so sometimes I'd get a little lost in the meandering narrative.
I have the rest of the series so I will continue on. I'd like to see where this all goes.
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Drug abuse
vigil's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Violence, War, Genocide, and Xenophobia
jjjreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
Graphic: Eating disorder, Gore, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, War, Violence, Xenophobia, Child death, Death, Confinement, Drug use, Mental illness, Slavery, Animal death, Abandonment, Colonisation, Ableism, Body shaming, Grief, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Classism, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Abandonment and Alcohol
Minor: Child abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault
hwesta's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Kidnapping, Addiction, Drug use, Death, Blood, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Confinement
Moderate: Child death, War, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Xenophobia
Minor: Self harm and Suicide attempt
djpollard42gmailcom's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
"What I see is that your life has been decided by people who seem determined to keep you within boundaries and to keep you from realizing that they are controlling you. And I see that as a result you never have made a choice for yourself except one time, the time you saved my life. And it put all of your keepers into a panic, which surely reveals how illusory are the boundaries they've put around you, and how easy it would be for you to simply step outside of them. So why not set yourself free of them? If you were free to live as well and joyfully as you could, exercising with honor what powers have been given to you, what would you do? Can you even imagine?"
Karis muttered to herself, as her raven would have, "Oh, I am in dire danger."
She laid her hands flat against the stony beach. "I know exactly what I would do," she said. She got abruptly to her feet. "Excuse me."
Graphic: Addiction and Violence
Moderate: Confinement, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, War, Xenophobia, Death, and Drug use
Minor: Torture, Trafficking, Animal death, Grief, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, and Genocide