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annorabrady's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
I liked the story when told from Ahn's POV but I felt like having Altan's POV was unnecessary and rarely added to the story. In many cases, I feel like his POV detracted from the story because it gives the reader too many answers before they've been earned. His character is good, don't get me wrong, just not one I think that should share in the narrative.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Colonisation, Classism, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Blood, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Murder, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt
kbairbooks's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
As always my reading experiences based on my own perceptions, my own expectations, and my own understanding. I definitely think that this was not as good of a reader as it could’ve been because in my effort one day to see how many pages there were in this book I saw the last line and that colored my perception of what was happening at certain points because I thought there was a note of incest but I was wrong and it makes me sad that my eyes betrayed me like that and messed with my perceptions of the story.There was too much world dumping at the beginning of the book and I spent the entire ready of the book confused which was frustrating and I liked it the lesbian lovers and the representation there and it was a fine read I just spent the majority of it confused and their questions at the end but I almost kind of don’t care about the answers? I don’t know if this was a confusing read for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Confinement, Grief, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Classism, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Genocide, Self harm, Child death, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and War
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Eating disorder
Minor: Animal death
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