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leahrosiee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Full cast audiobook could really redeem any book for me.
Graphic: Blood, Toxic friendship, Violence, Death, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, and Kidnapping
Minor: Sexual content, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Terminal illness, and Alcohol
daisy54321's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Abandonment and Grief
Minor: Child abuse
meredith_williams_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Death, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, and Abandonment
Minor: Cursing and Drug use
andreamre's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Minor: Sexual content, Death, and Emotional abuse
anxiousnachos's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content warnings: blood, murder, suicide, suicidal thoughts, manipulation, coercive control (via magic), sex
Graphic: Blood, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Emotional abuse
sofiareadings's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
kassidyreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Sexual content, Suicide, Alcohol, Murder, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Gun violence, Terminal illness, and Child abuse
justagrlandherdog'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
4.75
Moderate: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, and Toxic friendship
lainiereads's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Speaking about magic, that was also very hard for me to understand- but once again, in an enjoyable way. It felt a lot like reading about philosophy, but instead of being all theoretical, it was about the magical abilities that they had. It was very interesting to learn about, although I absolutely understood none of it (like actual philosophy). If anyone enjoys that kind of abstract thinking, then this book is 100% for you. If you don't like that kind of thing though, don't worry, it's still enjoyable when you don't understand it.
Now for the best part of the book: the characters! They were all so complex! And their dynamic with each other?? Also complex! It was so hard to figure out what was going to happen next because there were so many layers to each person. It felt like every chapter, my perception of each character was completely changed! My personal favorites would probably be Nico and Libby, who I can't wait to see more of in the next book (psssst Olivie Blake, please give me more Libby and Nick content in the next one, that's all I want). They both try to be morally good but find themselves struggling with doing the right thing at times. Libby especially questions her beliefs a lot, which made me connect to her a lot more than others who just did crazy things for fun (though I also love those characters too).
This book includes many morally gray characters, fancy dark academia vibes, and a complex storyline- what's not to like? Everyone go read it so we can all discuss the ending and wait patiently for the next one :)
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Chronic illness, Violence, and Grief
thecourtofreading's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
"we are the gods of our own universes, aren't we? destructive ones."
"our fragile morality. the inevitability that we will descend into chaos and dust."
"we fight it, trying to starve well or starve cleverly, but it comes to us eventually. we all have different reasons for wanting, but inevitably it comes."
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Suicide
Moderate: Blood and Violence
Minor: Alcohol, Cursing, and Gun violence