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fiveredhens's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
"This Jannart—the man you loved,"
she said, looking him dead in the eye. "Do you think he would want you to give up, or carry on?"
"I don't want to carry on! Do you not understand? Does nobody in this world understand, damn you? ls no one else haunted?" A quiver of wrath entered his voice. "Everything I did—everything I was—everything I am, is because of him. He was someone before me. I am no one without him. I am tired of living without him at my side. He left me for that book and, by the Saint, I resent him for it. I resent him every minute of every day."
i liked the setting and characters but imo it was badly underedited and i didn't feel like the final battle had any stakes :( the characters had
Graphic: Miscarriage
Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Dementia, Gore, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, and Violence
Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Vomit, War, and Xenophobia
galacticvampire's review against another edition
2.5
Art is not one great act of creation, but many small ones. [...] All you see, in the end, is what I want you to see. Such is politics.
The world building was amazing, but the plot took too long to actually start and I found really difficult to care about most of the characters. I've faced this problem with both Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones, so it's plausible that the epic fantasy writing style just isn't for me, but Priory was so predictable in every single plot-twist and turn that I wouldn't dare to compare to the previous two in anything other than the ordeal that is to milk away the story from the stalling of descriptions and alternating points of view.
Minor: Incest, Rape, and Suicide
broro's review
- 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? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, and War
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Sexual assault
li_reading's review
- 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: Violence, Chronic illness, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Blood, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Animal death, Torture, Religious bigotry, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Addiction, Dementia, and Abandonment
Minor: Incest, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Sexual content, Medical content, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Cursing, and Confinement
kazbiter's review
- 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
Moderate: Death
Minor: Miscarriage and Rape
casp's review
- 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
Minor: Incest and Rape
genny's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
The worldbuilding was good, easy to wrap your head around. I love descriptions of locales, food, travel...but come on, there are limits! The characters were constantly hopping from one place to another, like the author just wanted to showcase every bit of the world map. So much filler. It was also funny how people would suddenly sit down and tell tales. I get that there aren't many ways to give historical background without straight-up info-dumping, but it's a little jarring when they go "hold the plot, it's fairytale time!". Even a villain paused in action to lay out the Evil Plan. 😅 Also, how many times did one of the protagonists pass out at the end of a chapter, only to wake up in a nice, safe bed the next? Too many times, I tell ya.
The characters serve to advance the plot while barely developing personalities. I know many readers hated Niclays, but I liked him way more than the others! At least he was honest about his selfishness, lol, and his ending made me emotional. Gotta defend the old dude. Ead and Sabran had some nice moments but their romance bloomed (and changed Ead's perspective) too quickly to be convincing. I did like the side characters: Truyde, Laya, Melaugo, etc.
Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, and Sexual content
Minor: Alcoholism, Incest, Infertility, Rape, Suicide, and Torture
No mention of real-world religions, but people are hostile towards those with a different faith from their own. Sabran has depression, though the book doesn't show her POV so we only know of this from Ead's narration. Two characters committed suicide (off-page). There are sex scenes but the descriptions aren't that explicit (no mentions of genitalia, etc.). Because of a violent attack, a character has a miscarriage and becomes infertile. Incest, rape: a woman adopted a boy; when he was older, she tricked him into thinking she was someone else so he would have sex with her.emmeline's review
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Confinement, Death, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Rape, Religious bigotry, and Violence
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cursing, Death of parent, Incest, Infertility, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Torture