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beckyyreadss'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
3.0
Graphic: Death, Violence, and War
Moderate: Torture, Slavery, and Genocide
Minor: Sexual content, Rape, and Animal death
justagirlwithbooks's review against another edition
3.0
"Hope can be a powerful force. Maybe there's no actual magic in it, but when you know what you hope for most and hold it like a light within you, you can make things happen, almost like magic."
I think the lower rating on this book was mainly due to the fact that I was expecting to love it (it is by an author who wrote one of my 5 star predictions, after all) and I didn't. After the first few chapters, I was extremely confused and also a bit uncomfortable because of
The writing style was actually really nice and I liked the worldbuilding, but I was a bit confused by it at first. Even the plot felt confusing at times and I found myself skimming a lot. But, I did like the locations that this book had. And I did read this book in about 4 or 5 sittings, so, there's that.
I'll still continue the series though, because I want to see how this continues after that abrupt ending.
And I hope that Strange the Dreamer is better than this.
Graphic: Violence, War, and Death
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Torture
kiwij96's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Not super in love with the idea that Karou was potentially being groomed by Kaz as it mentions in the beginning that they had been a couple for a while before their break-up and he is now 20 while she is 17. I also felt super uncomfortable with the Akiva and Karou romance plot too given the age gap there too.
My only other gripe is Chapter 22. It felt massively out of place and I had to reread the chapters either side of it to figure out how it fitted in with it all. Felt like an afterthought but misplaced in the sequencing.
Graphic: Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, and War
Moderate: Genocide, Gore, Grief, and Slavery
Minor: Islamophobia, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Stalking, and Toxic relationship
rafacolog's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Death, Violence, Torture, War, Slavery, and Genocide
moonchild_cos'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 death, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Death
Moderate: Abandonment, Torture, Genocide, Sexual harassment, and War
Minor: Sexual content, Medical content, and Trafficking
little_rainbow's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Xenophobia, Violence, and War
Moderate: Torture, Animal cruelty, Colonisation, and Religious bigotry
marzreadz2'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
4.75
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, and Death
Minor: War, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Torture
doodeedoda's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.75
Graphic: War
Moderate: Death and Violence
Minor: Slavery, Rape, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Grief, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
kayelina's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Moderate: War, Blood, Sexual content, Torture, Murder, and Violence
le3713's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Death, War, and Murder
Moderate: Torture and Slavery