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kaylokay_'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
4.5
Graphic: Violence and Death
bookeduntil'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, Gore, Murder, Blood, Torture, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
Moderate: Vomit, Child death, and Grief
Minor: Bullying
aseel_reads'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
Moderate: Violence, Grief, Death, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Murder, Bullying, and Blood
bnntt's review
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Violence, Cursing, Medical content, Torture, Murder, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Body horror, and Blood
Moderate: Abandonment, Toxic friendship, Medical trauma, Grief, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death
I mainly just want to know what he changed his name to.ib31'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
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Grief, Death, and Violence
Moderate: Death of parent and Murder
Minor: Kidnapping and Emotional abuse
snootle's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
My biggest problem with this duology is how it relies on telling rather than showing. It tells you that every character is a villain/monster/bad person, but overall there is little to show this outside of a handful of events. We have to rely on reading their every thought. Everything is spelled out, even to the point where obvious, simple story beats are explained at length, leaving no opportunity for thought or speculation from the reader.
I enjoyed the world building, setup/involvement of the champions' families and some of the magic, but unfortunately this series fell really flat for me.
Graphic: Torture, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Body horror, Grief, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Vomit, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Alcohol
katiechasingchapters'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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Death
guessgreenleaf's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Murder, Violence, Death, Torture, and Self harm
Moderate: Confinement
Minor: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Grief
quinn24'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? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Death of parent, Blood, Torture, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Death, Child abuse, Grief, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
Moderate: Cursing, Vomit, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Child death
Minor: Alcohol, Misogyny, and Sexism
brooketreads'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? It's complicated
3.5
This next part ranges in to spoiler territory. Ye be warned!
My other main issue is that book one got me invested in Alistair and Isobel as romantic interests. I ended book one having hope that they would come back from it. Then, here in book two they are like nope, let’s give them both other romantic interests. I don’t do well when authors decide to do this in their series (SJM in ACOTAR I’m looking at you 😤). Anyway!!! At some point I did start to come around. But then Alistair and Gavin ticked me the heck off torturing Reid. 😡 because I liked Reid. I felt like everything got cleaned up too nicely at the end too. And Briony?! It fit though still folking rudeeeeee. But, I felt it should have also been Alistair. Sorry not sorry.
Graphic: Torture and Violence