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maeflower's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Sexual content, Child abuse, and Sexual assault
noellelovesbooks's review
4.5
Mention of: death of parent[s], toxic relationships, toxic friendships, child abuse, child sexual assault, and alcoholism.
Holy crap, by early afternoon I'd hit about 50% so I decided to do a bunch of house cleaning...then when I go to lay down last night I decide to finish the book...and that ending!
This book had me all kinds of emotional and desperate to start book 5.
Graphic: War, Death, Murder, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Sexual content, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, and Alcoholism
countesslemongrab's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
I feel like there’s a lot of details in this book that are pretty mundane and don’t matter to the overall story that could have been cut. Several grammatical errors that pulled me out of the immersive story
Graphic: War, Death, and Sexual assault
fairyelle'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: Violence and Sexual content
Moderate: Sexual violence, Blood, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Vomit, Violence, War, Death, Classism, Kidnapping, Confinement, Child abuse, and Alcohol
bangiebangs's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
The rest of the bonds get completed here, though one is with... very very questionable consent (on both sides). Consent is kind of implied, but bonding also happens under pressure for one of the participants. I'm not a fan of this... even if it works out in the end. But part of the story is that this coupling is messed up for reasons that predate the events in the books.
The small comments about body size are happening again (in all the books, and I dislike them a lot), and the more we learn about bonds the more they are all hetero somehow? Like... where are the central bonds that are bonded to people of different genders? Why is this all so straight? I feel like that's wasted potential in this universe.
Am already reading the next one and will finish the series, but these basic problems run throughout (occasional fuzzy consent, heteronormativity (even if yes, there is a token gay character), body image). The plot itself is interesting and I'm enjoying the twists, though. Also, the spice is pretty good, would give a 4/5 (esp recommend if you like multiple participants, I just wish they would also interact with each other, not just the MFC, because again, wasted potential...)
Graphic: Sexual violence, Alcohol, Blood, Toxic relationship, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Death, War, and Gun violence
Moderate: Vomit, Car accident, Child abuse, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Grief
questionable consent