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nineinchnails's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- 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? It's complicated
3.75
this did not have to be as long as it was (it was 1200+ pages and ~15 hours of reading according to kindle) but i wasn't that annoyed at the unnecessary chapters in random characters' pov because there wasn't much going on anyway. the first 80% is just doom and more doom but it made up for it in the last 20% and i felt like things were finally starting to look up. the appeal of this series (for me) was it feeling relatively low stakes like if love island was fictional and set in a fantasy world but it's definitely changed over the last few books to a more high stakes/'serious' series and i don't know if it really fits with the way the story and characters were initially written. however, my biggest gripe is with tory's lack of character development. she just kinda reverted to book 4 tory and it was hard to watch. obviously grief was a big theme in the book and it's understandable that she wouldn't be at her best but it was 1000+ pages of her acting like that after she had grown so much in book 6 + 7. also the reunions were SO short (especially relative to the book length) i was pretty disappointed.
i'm excited for the final book though and i'm hoping there is some improvement with her character development now that the gangs all back together but i'm not feeling optimistic about that just yet. i have NO IDEA how they're going to wrap up this whole series in book 9 considering they just introduced a new all-powerful villain in the last 2% of this book but i'd be shocked if this wasn't the last book since it's being read by their beta readers rn. i don't think i'm going to read beyond the veil anytime soon just because i have a feeling it'll be like the awakening atbtb and repeat the plot of things that have already happened just from the pov of other characters and i would rather read that after i've had a little break from the series, for obvious reasons. i was originally planning on reading darkmore penitentiary now but i think i'll wait til after book 9 in case of spoilers😭
i'm excited for the final book though and i'm hoping there is some improvement with her character development now that the gangs all back together but i'm not feeling optimistic about that just yet. i have NO IDEA how they're going to wrap up this whole series in book 9 considering they just introduced a new all-powerful villain in the last 2% of this book but i'd be shocked if this wasn't the last book since it's being read by their beta readers rn. i don't think i'm going to read beyond the veil anytime soon just because i have a feeling it'll be like the awakening atbtb and repeat the plot of things that have already happened just from the pov of other characters and i would rather read that after i've had a little break from the series, for obvious reasons. i was originally planning on reading darkmore penitentiary now but i think i'll wait til after book 9 in case of spoilers😭
Content Warnings
Graphic: Physical abuse, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, War, Sexual content, Grief, Murder, Violence, and Death of parent
Moderate: Blood, Pregnancy, Slavery, Torture, Body horror, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, Genocide, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Abandonment, and Excrement
angelas_book_nook's review against another edition
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: War, Rape, Genocide, Torture, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Blood, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Death
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