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caskraft'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: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Slavery, Violence, Grief, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Child abuse, Torture, Blood, and Murder
Minor: Child death, Infidelity, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, and War
puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Ableism, Body horror, Child death, Genocide, Racial slurs, Rape, and Death of parent
karolinaxyz'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Death, Slavery, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse
Minor: Child death, Infertility, Torture, and Death of parent
risaleel's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Abandonment, War, and Classism
Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Bullying, Child death, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment
louisallama's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I did enjoy the ending, I thought it was a rather satisfying conclusion. I'm not sure Brandon Sanderson is the author for me though, because I personally find his writing very 'telling rather than showing' and while I don't always need a lot of flowery descriptions and deep character introspection, again, 640 pages is a lot to just be told what is happening. If you like books where you just turn your brain off and have the story happen at you, then you'll like this book.
And while I definitely didn't predict all of the plot twists, the one about
Also the extreme amount of parallels between
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Slavery, Abandonment, and Classism
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
The 16 year old main character gets into a relationship withhapalyn'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: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Rape and Sexual assault
alexandracpedro's review against another edition
Graphic: Slavery, Violence, and Classism
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Death and Alcohol
jodean's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Classism
Moderate: Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Grief
Minor: Ableism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Torture, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
ekcd_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Spoiler:
The vin Eleni relationship was really underformed but of course they said they loved each other. Typical fantasy romance timeline but still a bit cringe
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Infertility, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
caitlinkm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, and Classism
Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, and Injury/Injury detail