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eviethebookworm'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? No
3.5
Graphic: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Death
Minor: War
deb_is_reading's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
First of all I think this book is a little bit of a deviation from the last. The first book had a lot of plot movement but this felt more like character journey and world expansion. I personally love that but I think quite a few other fantasy readers don't like that.
I personally love the amount of new bonds formed in this one. Merick gained a friend after losing one, Safi gained allies, and Iseult relationship with another individual transformed into something else.
Also getting Vivia's new perspective was so great. I had no love for her in book 1 but I'm glad that Dennard is giving us multi-layered individuals.
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Blood, Grief, and Violence
nytephoenyx's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Deadnaming, Transphobia, War, Child abuse, and Death
Minor: Animal cruelty, Classism, Animal death, Colonisation, Death of parent, and Mental illness
shrimpasta'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Death of parent and Suicide
Minor: Medical content
kylieqrada'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
4.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Transphobia
Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Slavery, Trafficking, War, and Deadnaming
hawkrose18'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
4.0
I really wish that it hadn't taken me so long to really get into this book because I really enjoyed the first one, but my reading slump was just not overly kind to me because I just didn't want to read. I can't wait to continue this story and see where all the characters end up. There is rep for lesbian and trans-male, but from my understanding, it was not done extremely well. For the lesbian representation, most of it is just brief mentions of a character being attracted to another, but there isn't anything that develops from that (in this book). As for the trans representation, it was not awful, but I am not an own voices reviewer in this sense so I cannot claim whether it was done well or if it harmful. The character is important and does get misgendered multiple times due to lack of a conversation on the main characters part. Overall, though, I did enjoy this book and the characters and I can't wait to see how my feelings might change in regards to the characters.
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Deadnaming, Kidnapping, Murder, Racism, and Slavery