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metalballwheatley'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
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, and Violence
Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Emotional abuse, and Genocide
Minor: Child abuse, Blood, and Death of parent
evelphysicist'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? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Genocide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Minor: Genocide and Slavery
templetoncecelia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Suicide
imogenlj'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? No
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
mads_reads_books's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Colonisation
Minor: Chronic illness, Infertility, Miscarriage, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship
nikenacs's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Me reading acts 4 and 5: I am in pieces on the floor. I am a broken husk of a person.
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Chronic illness and Terminal illness
storykath's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Gideon was a fantastic narrator, funny and flawed and truly unique. She's chaotic and hilarious!
This book took me a while to get through, and I think that's partly due to my brain being picky about reading, but also partly because of how gory and tense things got in the story. I couldn't always stomach it for multiple chapters at a time. Between the injuries and the sometimes-dense plot, this was a book I had to tackle in smallish chunks. That being said, I'm starting the sequel right away so I don't forget any important plot points.
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child abuse, Genocide, Self harm, Terminal illness, Vomit, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, and Murder
Minor: Excrement, Medical content, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury
nav26'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? Yes
5.0
What follows is dark, gruesome, scary, and yet Gideon's narration brings a levity and humor that is much needed. This book could have been super tense and terrifying if they went the thriller route, but instead you're laughing out loud in between gruesome scenes. This book was a wild ride from start to finish, and at no point did I know what was going to happen, which is pretty rare for me. It was recommended to me from multiple friends and I was NOT disappointed whatsoever. I was hooked on this, finding any opportunity to listen to the audiobook or turn on my Kobo for the ebook. The audiobook narrator, Moira Quirk, is absolute perfection, delivering each of the voices distinctly and making it easy to keep track of the large cast of characters. This book starts out a bit hunger games, has a dash of murder mystery, and a whole lot of necromancy. Taking a break to process before I read the sequel, but you better believe I've already bought it!
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cancer, Genocide, and Suicide
booksdogsandcoffee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Gideon, a badass sword wielding lesbian, wants nothing to do with Harrow. But will do anything for her freedom. Together they face the trials the Emperor has put in place for the nine houses.
This was absolutely phenomenal. Muir writes a captivating story of witt, heroics and horror. The best way I can describe it is the necromancer hunger games with a murder mystery. ONE FLESH ONE END, BITCH!HIGHLY RECOMMEND!
Cw/tw
Gore
Violence
Death
Genocide
Graphic: Death, Gore, and Violence
Moderate: Genocide
doubledevour'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
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Cannibalism, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment
Moderate: Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Torture, and Classism