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solar_power'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
Graphic: Murder, Blood, and Violence
Moderate: Homophobia, Abandonment, Child death, Bullying, Death of parent, War, Cursing, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Lesbophobia, Kidnapping, Body horror, Death, and Classism
Minor: War, Slavery, Genocide, Incest, and Miscarriage
shottel's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Miscarriage, Racism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Chronic illness, Body horror, Classism, Emotional abuse, Gore, Religious bigotry, and Violence
Moderate: Colonisation, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Rape, Confinement, Infertility, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault
Minor: Slavery, War, Vomit, and Medical content
dcfelk's review against another edition
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Violence, Abandonment, and Slavery
Moderate: Miscarriage and Death of parent
Minor: Infertility
persephonefoxx's review
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Violence, Racism, and Child death
Moderate: Racism, War, Religious bigotry, and Slavery
Minor: Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Incest
ladynavalon's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Genocide, Death of parent, Colonisation, Kidnapping, Hate crime, Dysphoria, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Miscarriage, Incest, Homophobia, Gaslighting, Abortion, Toxic friendship, Terminal illness, Slavery, Bullying, Blood, Racial slurs, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Racism, Body shaming, Abandonment, Xenophobia, and Murder
hailstorm3812's review
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Ableism, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Death, Bullying, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Miscarriage, and Misogyny
Minor: War, Suicide, Homophobia, Genocide, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Rape, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Xenophobia
_teoeo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
The blurb was really promising but after reading the book I have to say that even with good plot ideas the execution wasn't as satisfying.
Let's start with the things I enjoyed:
- The woldbuilding happened through the eyes of the protagonist
- The arc of suspense at the end was quite good and I enjoyed reading the last chapters.
But the biggest issue I had with the book was the timeline. The story expanded over a view years and because of that it feld like the author wanted to put too many plot points in this book. There was too little focus on different events and they fell a bit flat. Also, the characters seemed kinda inconsistent and some of their actions didn't made sense.
Another thing I didn't like were the love interests. They were either racist (at least in the beginning) or abusive and still, the protagonists fall for them. I really didn't like that the abusive behaviour was explained with
All in all I would say that the ideas for the plot are could be good but it needs a little more balance between booklength and events in the story as well as more comprehensible character building.
Thank you NetGalley for providing an e-ARC of this book!
Edit: changed my review to 2 stars, for the more I thought about this book, the more problematic aspects I've found. Especially the ableism, ugh!!
Graphic: Ableism
Moderate: Blood, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Cultural appropriation, Incest, Child death, Colonisation, Gaslighting, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Bullying, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Death, Racism, Toxic friendship, and Violence
Minor: Rape, Abandonment, and Suicide