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mirtegroen'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
1.5
Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Xenophobia, Bullying, and Violence
Minor: Alcohol and Infertility
zeloco's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Moderate: Violence and Death of parent
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Xenophobia, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Murder, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Physical abuse, Torture, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Death, and Blood
vale_reading'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? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Bullying, Violence, Death of parent, Xenophobia, Toxic friendship, Murder, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Kidnapping and Suicide
Minor: War and Torture
umeboshhhi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Xenophobia and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Bullying
becca_w_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Classism, Confinement, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Grief, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Medical content, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, and Gore
Moderate: Abandonment, Incest, Child death, and Xenophobia
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racism, Vomit, and War
gracecrandall'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: Slavery, Violence, Trafficking, Murder, Bullying, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Torture, Suicide, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, Incest, Drug use, Self harm, and Physical abuse
Minor: Pregnancy
beeboofighter'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
3.0
Once you make it through that part, things get better. The characters are kind of flat. Not sure why the book is so well-received. The fairy world setting with different kinds of fairy folk is nice though.
Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Violence, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Infidelity
trinnyroo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Death, Slavery, and Xenophobia
littleflowerfairy'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? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Slavery, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Bullying, Death, Physical abuse, War, Alcohol, Torture, Death of parent, Genocide, Kidnapping, and Murder
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Vomit, Xenophobia, and Toxic friendship
lyd41's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
My critiques are:
1. the plot only started up in the last half of the book. the first half was mostly character introduction and worldbuilding.
2. the bully to lovers trope is a slippery slope, and i really hope black will continue to pull it off well.
3. taryn was an odd character to me. her motivations were questionable and out of nowhere, despite them being twins and raised together...you'd think their motives would be fairly similar.
Overall I really loved the dialogue and character writing.
Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Murder, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Grief and Mental illness
Minor: Gore, Incest, and Torture