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tinysierra's review against another edition
4.25
Like the first book, when the plot started to feel mundane, some kind of twist would happen to make the story pick up again.
I liked getting to see more into the Scythedom and the Thunderhead. All the threads of the plot and characters weave to create such an interesting story.
The romance takes a very back burner, but it’s still vaguely there.
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Religious bigotry and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Fatphobia
adrienanthony'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: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Death of parent
lottielat'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
4.75
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Death of parent
Moderate: Body horror, Torture, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
seren's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
crunchycrystals's review against another edition
3.5
i still think the most interesting part of the whole book was citra/ anastasia. she was my favorite in the first book and she still is now. i liked seeing the changes she was making to the scythedom and all the politics within it.
not sure what i think of the ending. i liked the thunderhead being a character and i liked its reaction to the ending. i feel like my thoughts about this book will change based on what happens in the next book but i don't know until i read it.
the only thing i TRULY hate about this book is the stupid chapter where rowan kills the canadian racist who wants to commit a genocide against an indigenous tribe. that is way too close to the actual history of canada and their relationship with indigenous people to be given the explanation of "it's because he fell in love with a woman but he couldn't marry her so she married another man from her tribe". this makes me so angry because the racism itself is almost too realistic to canada but the explanation is so far removed from reality. that's not why people are racist. that chapter was so stupid i swear to god if you deleted the whole thing nothing would've changed.
and like clearly what the author was going for was that the scythe used to be good but became evil. just say he had some prejudiced beliefs and fell in with a crowd that radicalized him to the point that he was murdering indigenous tribes he hated for the reason HE HIMSELF SAID IN THE CHAPTER. it was already in the narration you could've just. oh my god this chapter makes me too angry. the only thing i liked about that chapter was showing another way the scythedom is broken by allowing people to have racially motivated gleanings and get away with it because they fall under "other".
edit this is going down from 3.75 to 3.5 since i DNFd the third book. i just didn't like it lol and when i think about this book i just think about how excited i was to see where the world would be going with anastasia's plans for the future and then just. all of that potential went away with the cliffhanger at the end
Graphic: Death, Racism, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Fatphobia
kat1105'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: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
themoodreader'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Moderate: Death and Murder
Minor: Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
cepbreed'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
3.75
Song:
- Cinnamon Girl - Lana Del Rey
- Everybody's Watching Me (Uh Oh) - The Neighborhood
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Medical content
Minor: Hate crime and Fire/Fire injury
apricothopeful'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
4.5
Graphic: Death and Torture
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
ciao_potatoes's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Violence, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail