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moonchild_cos's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Alcohol
Moderate: Death and Death of parent
Minor: Gaslighting, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Suicide
sunsetdreamsmog'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? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Death, Alcoholism, and Child abuse
katvou'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
3.75
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Child abuse, Death of parent, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Violence
maeverose's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.25
This review is for my first re read of this book, which I originally gave 4 or 5 stars (can’t remember)
!!!This will have spoilers so skip if you haven’t read the book!!!
The things I loved:
The things I didn’t like:
Marco’s relationship with Isobel. He was kinda terrible to her. He fell for Celia the moment he saw her, but didn’t break up with Isobel until 15 years later… like yes Isobel could’ve taken the hint that he didn’t like her anymore but it was really sh*tty of him to not just tell her that it was over. He knew Isobel still loved him, or he wouldn’t have broken up with her at all. He just let that go on for 15 years…… another thing about their relationship that bothered me, is if you pay attention, towards the end Isobel says she was younger than Bailey when she met Marco. Bailey was 15 when Isobel met him, Marco was 19 when he met Isobel. So Isobel had to have been 14 at the oldest…. That makes me uncomfortable.
The competition. I liked that it wasn’t action heavy, but I felt like there was so little focus on the competition that it just felt a bit low stakes. Not even just that but it hardly felt like there was a competition at all.
Graphic: Self harm, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Murder, Animal death, and Child abuse
Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Ableism, Confinement, Cursing, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Death of parent, Misogyny, and Eating disorder
A sort of magical equivalent of terminal illness, stabbing, depression, an unhealthy romantic relationship (side romance), pedophilic relationship (14 & 19 when they get together, side romance)joensign'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? No
4.5
Graphic: Blood and Child abuse
Moderate: Suicide and Alcoholism
Minor: Death of parent
the_reading_wren's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse
Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Alcohol, and Alcoholism
kaitisbooknook'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
4.5
Moderate: Child abuse and Murder
Minor: Alcoholism
leahbindi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Moderate: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Suicide, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Torture
writewithapendragon'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? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Sexual content, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse
Romance/sexual content is all G rated/alluded to, no sexual content on the page though there is kissing.pertinent_sonder's review against another edition
3.75
Morgenstern's writing is exquisite. What I found lacking was a depth to characters, especially the two main characters. I think that if the writing wasn't so beautiful, I wouldn't have finished the book. That being said, I've read it twice, once in 2021 once in 2022. I'd read it again I suppose, but I doubt I'd actually buy it.
Moderate: Alcohol and Alcoholism
Minor: Death