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eldane's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- 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
5.0
This is exactly the space opera I was needing. This was a beautiful, powerful, and emotional book with some of the best-written characters I have ever seen. It takes immense skill to write bloodthirsty, cruel, murderers as your protagonists, but Bethany Jacobs does it well. The worldbuilding is incredible and detailed, and the plot is tightly woven and well-paced. I also loved the voice and writing style, and the descriptions were out of the world (ha). And the twist at the end? WOW. I was not expecting it at all. This has established itself as one of my favorite books of all time.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Cursing, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Gore, and Grief
Moderate: Genocide, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, War, Colonisation, and Pedophilia
entropyseeker's review
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
3.75
This book was so immensely slow, I didn't start actually being interested in the book until 60% of the way in, though it is a sci-fi novel so that's usually the case. While the first half was confusing with all the time skips, and it was a lot of world building, gore, violence, the last quarter of the book was rather great and built up to quite a few surprising twists that left me gaping. Will still read the second part of the trilogy. Definitely read the content warnings. Not for the front of heart.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Death, Gore, Violence, War, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Gun violence, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Slavery, Trafficking, and Sexual violence
Minor: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Vomit, and Rape
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