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iammmartina_'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? Yes
3.5
Graphic: War, Violence, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Pregnancy, Confinement, Murder, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, and Abortion
Minor: Infidelity, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Alcoholism, and Alcohol
revolverreads'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
One of the problems with this book is that it follows multiple perspectives. This isn't inherently an issue, as other series successfully use multiple viewpoints to drive the narrative forward. However, in this case, we get no time to become attached enough to care about what happens. It's that attachment to the stakes and the impact on the characters that leaves you feeling happy, devastated, or shocked, and Priory of the Orange Tree provides none of that. This book would have benefitted from being a series, allowing the audience to see the character development and actually care about what happens.
There are so many different characters and locations that it's almost jarring, especially because some are meant to be crucial to the plot, like bringing down a big, bad evil, yet we barely get a page about them. But the greatest crime of all is naming your villain "the Dark One" and not taking a moment to give them an actual name beyond this generic code name. Throughout the novel, it's repeatedly emphasized that you need to fear the Dark One, but no actual history is provided. If he's just going to blow fire and singe someone's laundry, he's not the greatest evil ever—he's basically a medieval dryer at that point.
Moderate: Blood, Infertility, Child death, Alcoholism, and Death
berrytart'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
4.0
Sabran did annoy me for quite a while but she grew on me!
i will be getting the prequel, i absolutely love the world-building in this book
Graphic: Blood, Miscarriage, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infertility, and Violence
Moderate: Religious bigotry, Torture, and Death of parent
electrachet'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
4.75
Graphic: Death, Violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
Moderate: Miscarriage, Grief, War, Infertility, Sexual content, Classism, Pregnancy, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Death of parent
torturedreadersdept'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: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Blood, Cursing, Gun violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Body horror, Bullying, Xenophobia, Confinement, Dementia, Genocide, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Death, Torture, Violence, War, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Miscarriage, Animal death, Dysphoria, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent
nineinchnails'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
Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Pandemic/Epidemic, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: War, Pregnancy, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Homophobia, Alcoholism, Religious bigotry, Classism, and Grief
Minor: Abandonment, Incest, and Death of parent
Pseudo incest_ao_'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
4.75
Also, I would have liked a tiny bit more in the way of an epilogue.
Moderate: Xenophobia, Miscarriage, and Death
Minor: Infidelity, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Infertility, Vomit, Animal death, and Pregnancy
srobs24'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: Death
Moderate: Violence, War, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy
a_novel_craving'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: Child death, Miscarriage, Death, War, Addiction, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Grief, Infertility, Gore, Pregnancy, Blood, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder
nectar_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Pregnancy and Alcoholism
Moderate: Xenophobia and Infertility
Minor: Suicidal thoughts