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malreadsthebooks'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
Graphic: Torture, Addiction, Animal death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Religious bigotry, Death, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Drug use, and Gore
Moderate: Murder, Child abuse, Slavery, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and War
Minor: Child death and Suicidal thoughts
cici2's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Physical abuse, Blood, Gore, Sexual content, War, and Violence
Minor: Death, Alcohol, and Cursing
rileyrhey's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Death, Grief, Murder, Child death, Violence, War, Alcoholism, Cursing, Gore, Death of parent, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Pregnancy
kbc_dino'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
Graphic: Death, Cursing, Murder, Death of parent, Violence, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood
Moderate: Sexual content, Child death, Drug use, Bullying, Alcohol, and Child abuse
Minor: Outing, Grief, Homophobia, Classism, Religious bigotry, and Torture
garrettcz'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
Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Suicidal thoughts, War, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Blood, Grief, Murder, Sexual content, Death of parent, Child death, Drug use, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Violence
Moderate: Abandonment, Sexual content, Grief, Addiction, Child death, Gore, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, War, and Slavery
emdeannah's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Violence, Domestic abuse, Gore, Addiction, Blood, Cursing, Death, Child death, and Drug abuse
novel_obscurity's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Alcohol, Violence, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Drug use, Death, Blood, Addiction, Outing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Confinement, Torture, Physical abuse, Murder, and Animal death
avialaeleigh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
I like that instead of us readers finding out everything as it is happening we are being told a story of Gabriels life until that point from the man himself. More like someone reminiscing on the past and sharing "war stories" of their youth to their friends and families years after the fact.
I love how you love, hate, fight and grow as Gabriel does during his story telling. You see the man that he currently is but you also see how he came to be that man. You see the friendships made and the friends lost, whether that be to their own missguidance or to the perials of their world. You learn everything that he has gone through from his own perspective not as he might have see it at the time it happened but as someone who is looking back and maybe just a bit wiser because of it.
I cried and yelled and laughed throughout his story. And I can't wait until the next boon come out and we can learn more of his story and how he came to be locked in a tower forced to tell his story to Jean-François.
Also the banter between Dior and Gabriel is *chef kiss*. I can't wait for more of that and also to figure out why Gabriel yalks as if though she is dead or no longer around. I am not sure if my heart can handle learning that she is dead. Much like I died learning the Celene is not dead but Dead and somehow and Anchien Vampire. Not sure how that happened in only 15ish years, from my understanding Anchien vampires are much older but maybe I'm wrong *shrugs*.
I am giving this a 4.25 mostly because I was annoyed that when we would finally be picking up pace in the story Jean-François would interrupt and change the direction of the story telling. Resetting it back to a slow/medium pace. Otherwise it would be a 5 star read. Love the characters, setting, plot, development and between the beautifully crafted and made up phrases all of the characters used I was always entertained whilst reading.
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Animal death, Grief, Addiction, Cursing, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, War, Drug abuse, Violence, Blood, Alcohol, and Death
missindyrose'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Death, Animal death, War, and Child death
shannonvonpesach'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? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Alcohol, Physical abuse, War, and Violence
Moderate: Emotional abuse