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noellegrace8's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
The lack of Dustfinger in this one is so disappointing! In many ways, he feels like a main character in books 1 and 2, but in 3 he feels a bit forgotten. I also don't love the
I don't factor performance into audiobooks, but I'd give Allan Corduner 4/5 stars. There wasn't much to comment on; he's very run-of-the-mill, in that he doesn't have a ton of variance in voices, but his narration is fine enough.
Graphic: Classism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Chronic illness, and Blood
Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, War, Confinement, Alcoholism, Animal death, Pregnancy, Torture, Alcohol, and Bullying
Minor: Emotional abuse, Vomit, Cursing, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Sexual content, Sexism, Bullying, Child death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Child abuse
This book does mention a lot of mild triggers due to its setting. Moderately mentioned are elements of a warring and classist (monarchical) society, some of which can be a bit jarring. The most intense elements are related to the capture and violence toward a main character who is attempting to right societal wrongs, a person who speaks to and controls fire, and a monarch who has been cursed with gortesque immortality.peacholino'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: Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Death, Physical abuse, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexism, Torture, Confinement, Violence, and War
Moderate: Medical content, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Infidelity, Vomit, and Death of parent
julells's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Blood, Torture, Classism, War, and Grief
Minor: Misogyny, Slavery, Gore, Kidnapping, Child abuse, and Pregnancy
max_power's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Moderate: Murder, Blood, Pregnancy, Torture, and Death
kryolitee'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
4.5
Apart from that I really enjoyed the book.
Graphic: Sexual assault, Gore, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Medical content, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, Violence, Confinement, Body horror, Sexual harassment, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Murder, and Torture
meetmeinthebookstore'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
4.25
Graphic: Torture, Murder, Blood, Death, and Violence
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Child death, and Child abuse
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Sexism
isadoramartha's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Moderate: Death
orchidlilly's review
- 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
2.75
Violante rather comes into her own, moving from a somewhat tragic background figure to a somewhat competent and fully fleshed out one. It’s nice to see a fantasy book have a powerful female character, but Violante is far from perfect. After all, god forbid we have a female character without a love interest, so she has to be weirdly besotted with Mo for no good reason. Despite her relative independence, Violante, our only non-stereotyped female character, still spends most of her time waiting for the men to do the work that she’s not strong enough to do herself.
The men of the story, and the world of the book as a whole, have always been somewhat sexist in nature, but Inkdeath seems to really dial that up for no apparent reason. Maybe if this fantasy-branded sexism was in any way discussed as something needing fixed, it would have been alright, but as is the world and book seem to just accept it as the way things are, making me wonder if that’s not also how Funke views it.
Then there’s the love triangle. It’s kind of obvious that it was just shoehorned in to fit the rising popularity of love triangles in YA and middle-grade books at the time. If Doria had been introduced in the second book as an alternate love interest from the get-go, things would have felt more natural. But he only starts showing up here, in the last book, and so his addition feels a little off-kilter.
And just as an aside, I’ve never been huge on pregnancy subplots, and I feel that this one especially, takes away what little agency Resa had as a character and instead pushes her further into the simple role of worried mother and wife.
Now, this is a lot of complaining about a book that I’ve given three stars. It’s not a bad book by any means, nor is it a bad ending to a trilogy. It just feels like a bit of a letdown, is all.
Minor: Death, Death of parent, Misogyny, Sexism, Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, and Violence
lizziaha's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Blood, Pregnancy, Violence, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Murder, Gore, and Grief
Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, and Misogyny
Minor: Slavery
padawan17's review
- 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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Violence and Death
Moderate: Sexism, Confinement, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, and Domestic abuse