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onthesamepage's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
This has a lot to do with the main character. Alex Easton is just a delight to read about. By page 26, I knew exactly what kind of person they were. The snark and sarcasm were right up my alley—opinionated characters are so much fun, truly.
"But the war," said Denton. "Weren't you frightened?"
Sometimes it's hard to know if someone is insulting or just an American.
Denton lifted a hand in protest. "Barely that," he said. "I had one year of schooling and then the South took it in its head to secede, and I was shoved out the door with a bonesaw and a sheet of paper saying I knew how to use it."
"Were you frightened?" I asked, with gentle malice.
I also found it impressive how much Kingfisher managed to do in a scant 165 pages. There was enough room for character development, the story, and worldbuilding. The concept of sworn soldiers was really interesting, as is the way she used pronouns throughout the book. I'm not familiar with The Fall of the House of Usher, but I am curious to read it now and see what is different and what is the same. The horror elements were appropriately creepy, and the cover is both so stunning and so horrendous that, even as my brain was going "DO NOT WANT", I had to buy a copy anyway.
A few more quotes that I loved:
I am never sure what to think of Americans. Their brashness can be charming, but just when I decide that I rather like them, I meet one that I wish would go back to America, and then perhaps keep going off the far edge, into the sea.
A Frenchwoman once told me that I had no poetry in my souk. I recited a dirty limerick to her, and she threw a lemon at my head. Paris is a marvelous city.
Graphic: Murder, Body horror, and Gore
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Suicide
paigeyoungberg's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Death, Gore, Murder, Body horror, Suicide, and Grief
darkdahlia9's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Murder, Body horror, Death, Animal cruelty, and Animal death
Minor: Suicide and Fire/Fire injury
rachng's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Death, Body horror, Gore, and Animal death
Moderate: Murder and Injury/Injury detail
mendelbreakdown's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Death, and Murder
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury
keen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Body horror
Moderate: Alcoholism, War, Murder, and Suicide
Minor: Misogyny and Fire/Fire injury
megan_harper'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
4.0
Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Animal death
albaface's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Animal death, Death, War, and Body horror
cyberhavok's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Body horror
Moderate: Murder and War
Minor: Suicide and Fire/Fire injury
moobell55'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
Graphic: Violence, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Death, Mental illness, Blood, Murder, and Suicide
While the book does contain bodily gore it is not very descriptive and briefly mentioned. The death and killing of small animals how is described and happens multiple times throughout the book. A reference to suicide to mentioned but describes of witnessed.