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viselik's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Please look up content warnings for this book, it deals with some pretty dark topics and the version I had did not have any content warnings in it.
1) There is no content warning and this NEEDED to have one.
- There is a fucking
concentration camp in it and there was no warning about it before we find out about it. We find out about it in Chapter 15. - Emotional manipulation is a super big thing in this book, there is no warning about that.
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Like the entire character of Ronan/Sebastian should have had a content warning
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Once we learned that Prince Ronan was missing I instantly knew that Sebastian was Ronan. It was too obvious to me after we had it stated that Sebastian was going away the night after the first day of the ball.
3) The naming system of this world. Characters and the land.
- We had the Seelie lands, the Unseelie lands and the Wild Fae lands... This just felt too basic for me.
- Then there are the characters.
- Let's start with the main character's nickname, Brie. That is a cheese, a rather smelly cheese. I may or may not have just started calling her cheese girl.
- The two love interests! We have Ronan/Sebastian and... Finnian. I was left slightly disappointed by these.
- Finnian's uncle is called Mordred or something like that and his father was called Oberon. I expected more considering the name of the people around them.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, and Vomit
Minor: Sexism
booksarefriends_notfood's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Death of parent, Gaslighting, Death, Kidnapping, and Trafficking
Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Emotional abuse
theespressoedition's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Slavery, Death of parent, Sexual content, and Death
Moderate: Child abuse, Murder, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury
kassidyreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Death and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Minor: Confinement, Homophobia, Alcohol, and Slavery
cady_sass'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
4.0
Side note: there are a lot ( a LOT ) of reviews calling this an ACOTAR rip off and, while there are some minor similarities, I don’t feel that way at all. Sorry not sorry.
Graphic: Abandonment, Medical content, Murder, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Violence, War, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, Classism, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship
ilka00'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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Death of parent, Murder, Death, and Kidnapping
Minor: Homophobia
leila_reads_too_much's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Death, Abandonment, Death of parent, and Grief
japanasi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.0
it also features the typical YA love triangle trope that isn’t a triangle but the “MC has two love interests she can’t choose between” which is always a bit trying
the world building falls flat, and it’s definitely a romance novel first, with a dash of fantasy. but despite all this, I kind of liked it, it was fun to read
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Death of parent, Murder, Death, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury
proseandpurls's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Drug use
Moderate: Death and Death of parent
clairew97's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Child abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Violence, War, Abandonment, Blood, Death of parent, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Murder, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship