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nessynoname's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
Graphic: Violence, Murder, Animal cruelty, and Excrement
Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, and Stalking
Minor: Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content
dannilmp's review against another edition
- 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? No
3.75
I still think this series maintains a level of mysticism similar to the original trilogy, however I think a re-read of the His Dark Materials set would be needed for me to make any more solid connections, but more details about the compasses and how they work was intriguing. Moreover, I think reading this book just made me pine for the original, as these hold a special place in my heart.
There was one small little section of this book that made me raise an eyebrow and it would be the minior reference to pedophilia, I did not see the neccessity of such a dark inclusion within the book. The story would have been the same without the mention, but the fact it was there threw me off slightly. I'm hoping for no similar references in later books in this new series.
Graphic: Death, Murder, and Animal cruelty
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Pedophilia
nadiaherondale's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Murder, and Death
Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual content
whatsnack_'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
Moderate: Murder, Animal cruelty, and Stalking
Minor: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Gore, and Pedophilia
tifftastic87's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Police brutality, and Child abuse
Moderate: Sexual assault, Classism, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Torture, Sexism, Religious bigotry, and Blood
Minor: Sexual content, Gun violence, Ableism, Alcohol, Animal death, Racism, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, and Rape
angelbabe_cj's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Death, Animal cruelty, and Murder
Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, and Violence
Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual content
idailf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Blood, Death, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, and Sexual content
katie_345's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.25
P.s this book left some stuff unresolved as it’s a first of three, also this book doesn’t really talk about Dust or get into it in nearly as much detail as it does other topics ... the title could be misleading but we might find out more about dust in the follow up novel (not that I’ll read it for fear it will mentally scar me!😂 😳)
“This was all very difficult “- Malcolm - I hear ya Malcolm, me too!
Graphic: Violence, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Gore, Murder, Hate crime, and Sexual content
Moderate: Cursing, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Murder, and Physical abuse
Minor: Alcohol, Gore, Bullying, Cursing, Gun violence, Hate crime, Vomit, and Medical content
jackie_b'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? No
4.5
Moderate: Animal cruelty
Minor: Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Grief, Murder, Sexual content, and Torture
wolfthorn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
There's also some parts which I have found to be rather unsuitable for a children's/YA book. There's two mentions of paedophilia, two different characters have a known attraction to young children, one for girls and one for boys. The main character is an eleven year old boy and there's a discussion about using him as bait in order to blackmail the relevant character! There's also a vague sex scene, although it's more along the lines of 'these two characters are having sex' rather than anything graphic. That all makes for rather uncomfortable reading. However, the attempted rape was very disconcerting. It's a kids book!
Moderate: Murder and Gun violence
Minor: Animal cruelty, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, and Violence