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natashalg's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Chronic illness
Moderate: Death of parent
katievallin'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: Grief, Death, Body horror, Gun violence, and Violence
Moderate: Blood and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Ableism, Racism, Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, and Death of parent
kathrynleereads'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
4.75
Aurora Rising is hands-down in my three favorite reads of this year.
Graphic: War, Death, Death of parent, and Genocide
Moderate: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Violence, Gore, and Gun violence
Minor: Cursing, Ableism, and Blood
ssellwood'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
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Death of parent
jaimc'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? No
3.25
Graphic: Body horror
Moderate: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, and Blood
Minor: Genocide and War
safety_pin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Cursing, Death, Violence, War, Blood, Hate crime, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Death of parent, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Child death
Minor: Alcohol
akirokis's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Violence, War, and Death
Moderate: Gun violence and Injury/Injury detail
captainoliimar'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Death, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Gaslighting, Gore, Kidnapping, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Violence, Animal death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Animal cruelty, Xenophobia, Body horror, War, Death of parent, Mental illness, Murder, Torture, and Medical content
Moderate: Police brutality, Racial slurs, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Chronic illness, Slavery, Misogyny, Colonisation, Ableism, Religious bigotry, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, and Racism
Minor: Alcohol
chrilovyl's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Body horror and Blood
Moderate: Death and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Death of parent
jenna36's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Just read some stuff about Jay Kristoff and I do not want to support him by buying another one of his books. Not sure if I want to finish the series now, but if I decide to I will probably rent them from the library.
Original review:
I was surprised I liked this book as much as I did. The writing seems very juvenile at first, but if you can get through the first nauseatingly perky 40% of the book, things start to ramp up and get interesting. I like the found family aspect of the book and am excited to find out what happens next. I do wish that the plot had not been quite so easy to guess. Even when there were no hints toward big reveals I was still able to guess everything. However, I love Finian, Kal, and Zila enough that I didn't really care that Scarlett, Tyler, and Aurora were all fairly bland and uninspiring. There were a couple of red herrings when it came to romance, but I honestly think that the whole crew should have just been in one giant polyamorous relationship with each other, because I saw potential in literally every pairing (except for the twins because no).
Even with all of the criticism I have for the book, I am still going to rate it 4 stars because I love the found family aspect, and I am cutting it a little slack for being so YA. I have been tired of YA scifi/fantasy lately, so I want to make sure that I'm not being too biased against it. As far as I'm concerned, having 5 out of 7 main characters with actual distinct, semi-well-developed personalities is pretty good for a YA scifi/fantasy book (I'm looking at Scarlett and Tyler for being bland and forgettable).
Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, and Death of parent