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daniw2327's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Gore, and Death
Moderate: Cannibalism
Minor: Suicide
snackattackisback69'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: Blood, Body horror, Gore, and Death
Moderate: Suicide, Death of parent, and Chronic illness
Minor: Child death
kat_smith24'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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Body horror, and Violence
Moderate: Suicide, Vomit, and Child death
abelle'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? It's complicated
5.0
Moderate: Violence, Death, and Body horror
lifeinsherds's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
4.5
Tamsyn Muir has SUCH a strong voice as Gideon. She is loyal and flawed and weak and strong. UGH. this may be a book I wish I could read for the first time again.
Graphic: Terminal illness, Gore, Blood, Body horror, Violence, Death, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
Moderate: Suicide, Death of parent, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Chronic illness
fairyollie'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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
- Pacing: the pacing was weird and difficult. the plot does not start until about 45-50% through the story, and I found it very difficult to keep reading until then.
- Humor: there were a LOT of references to memes and very-2016 humor. I was not a fan of this, because abrupt jokes, comments, and references to memes were so out of place for the setting. it also makes it difficult for a book to age well when using humor and jokes from a specific, short-lived time period.
- Characters: I did not particularly care for or find myself rooting, relating to, and enjoying almost any of the characters! their motives, their rationale, their background, were lost or not fully fleshed-out, and certain choices seemed random. just didn't mesh for me.
- Setting: as said above, the first half of the book was slow, and it was not used for world-building or introducing the characters or lore at all. I think more world-building, to better understand who everyone is, what's going on, purpose, lore, how the mecromatic magic system works, anything - just more of why/what/how, would have really elevated the book more.
- also, this is entirely my bad, as it's literally a book about necromancers, but I don't handle gore very well lol. not a book flaw but a personal skill issue!
I wanted to like this book, and was planning to read this for a very long time, but it just fell short for me. I would recommend this to others, as I know there are many people who would (and do!) enjoy this, but for myself, it was just a difficult, bit juvenile, time. I am happy I finally had the chance to read it, and wish I had enjoyed it more!
Graphic: Gore, Violence, Death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Body horror
Minor: Grief, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Child death, Terminal illness, Cancer, and Death of parent
valerian_honeybee'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: Body horror, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Blood, Gore, and Suicide
Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Genocide, Death of parent, and Terminal illness
Minor: Miscarriage, Infertility, and Cannibalism
caelinsullivan's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Blood, Murder, Terminal illness, Grief, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Suicide, Slavery, and Medical content
insideunder'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
3.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Cancer, Death of parent, Body horror, Terminal illness, Child death, Cursing, Gore, Chronic illness, Death, Suicide, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Bullying, Medical content, Cannibalism, Classism, Slavery, Religious bigotry, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Infertility and War
riledupryepie'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, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
Moderate: Death of parent and Child abuse
Minor: Child death and War