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atomicrobin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Blood, Suicide attempt, Body horror, Child death, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Death, and Murder
Moderate: Death of parent, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Abandonment
scifi_rat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Violence, Grief, Body horror, Death, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Torture, Cursing, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death of parent, Murder, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Medical content, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Vomit, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting
trips'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
As far as main characters go, Gideon is a breath of fresh air. I really enjoyed taking in these objectively dark world from the cavalier (heh) attitude Gideon generally has about everything. Joined by a cast of interesting characters, I would generally recommend this, but especially to people who like games like the Zero Escape or just JRPGs in general. There are disaster lesbians a plenty in this novel as well, so if you're into that, well, what are you waiting for?
Plot wise I found some aspects to be quite obvious how it would unfold, but there are certain reveals there was no way I could have figured out and I thought the execution was excellent. Also, the prose is super fun and very unique without being confusing. So yeah! It's a long book, but you'll probably have good time, so why not pick it up?
Graphic: Death, Gore, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Moderate: Suicide, Death of parent, Child death, and Cancer
larbster90'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
4.5
Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death of parent, Gore, Violence, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Physical abuse, Chronic illness, and Terminal illness
Minor: Cursing
regalpotato'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: Toxic friendship and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Death, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Body horror, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: War and Suicide
adrienreads'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
Cons that made me read it slowly:
- The pacing for the first half was really slow, with a lot of info. I had a hard time immersing myself in the world, and was often confused. This seems intentional to a degree, and when that set in, it was easier to stick along for the ride.
- The climax of the book also had weird pacing.
Pros:
- Very very interesting world - once I got a grip on it I needed to keep reading to learn more.
- Engaging, unique characters. Often unlikable, but yet also so fun.
- The writing of the gore/gothic elements is written with so much physicality & love, I'm fully compelled by the way the series handles death
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, and Suicide
Moderate: Child death and Toxic relationship
harrimyers'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: Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Murder, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Body horror, Colonisation, Child death, Abandonment, Chronic illness, Blood, Confinement, Violence, Terminal illness, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Death, and Death of parent
rbuhrke'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
4.0
Graphic: Cannibalism, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Child death, Blood, Abandonment, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Violence, Slavery, Medical content, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Classism
Minor: Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Incest, Mental illness, Chronic illness, and Infertility
If the ending of the book was spoiled for you don’t panic. The series is worth it to keep going.carrieclothwright's review against another edition
eta: just went through the list of content warnings and wow, for being less than 10% in that's... a lot. I think this book just might not be my style.
Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Child death, Confinement, Murder, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Violence
smbd_the_reader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Can you sue the person who introduced you to this for emotional damages?
This sure was about lesbian necromancers in space.
This actually pulled off a situation where the main character is not the only important person/the only person doing things and driving forward the plot fairly well without resorting to giving most important people a POV*?
Definitely played a lot with what's expected in terms of what the main characters actually have to know (and convey to the reader) to make for an effective story, I think some found that frustrating, but in my opinion you generally get enough hints to figure out what you need to know.
Also has a lot of touches of what I almost want to say is classic (Greek?) tragedy where the characters traits cause their downfall, but I'm not sure if I got my knowledge of tragedies correct. Definitely delicious in a "I appreciate this technique, but stop stabbing me in the heart" way.
If you're using a e-reader and are bad at names I recommend getting yourself quick access to the character list at the front of the book in one way or another because while the author does a great job of fleshing out a ton of characters and juggling them, there's still a lot of characters and some of them occasionally go by titles so a reference is helpful.
Something, something, I'm getting the impression that my reviews continuously lose legibility.
*I have nothing against multiple POVs, but this was definitely a breath of fresh air.
Graphic: Death and Murder
Moderate: Body horror, Blood, Religious bigotry, Gore, Abandonment, Cancer, Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, and Injury/Injury detail