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scytheria's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
informative
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- 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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Sexual assault, and Colonisation
Moderate: Racism, Gun violence, Stalking, Murder, Abortion, Child death, Torture, Suicide, Trafficking, Medical content, Domestic abuse, Cultural appropriation, Slavery, Rape, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Pregnancy, War, Vomit, and Sexism
maxineslittlenook's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Slavery, Misogyny, Cultural appropriation, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Colonisation, Dysphoria, Rape, and Medical trauma
Minor: Cannibalism, Confinement, Racial slurs, and Classism
kir3n's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Generally the feeling that I got during the read was intrigued, magical, mysterious, and important. The world is very interesting; the creatures, magic, and theology tie-ins are extremely well-done and developed. The characters’ personalities were all diverse, leading to a very exciting and dynamic world. However, most of the main characters were self-absorbed white men which made it hard to not compare them to the author himself.
Perhaps because of this parallelism, or maybe as an additional cause of the parallelism, the writing sometimes comes off as arrogant or overly poetic in the sense the writer is writing just to feel genius.
The only major annoyance, though, is the inclusion of an entire plot line (character driven) that never ties back into the other plots, never even mentioning The Vorrh, and that has no evident rippling effects, even after reading the second book in the trilogy. The only relevancy that it ever has is perhaps being set in the same time and world, and the random interaction with a human subject potentially from The Vorrh. Perhaps it was an Erstwhile, but it was not explained in the way Erstwhile are explained in the second book. As well, female Erstwhile are never mentioned, either.
Perhaps because of this parallelism, or maybe as an additional cause of the parallelism, the writing sometimes comes off as arrogant or overly poetic in the sense the writer is writing just to feel genius.
The only major annoyance, though, is the inclusion of an entire plot line (character driven) that never ties back into the other plots, never even mentioning The Vorrh, and that has no evident rippling effects, even after reading the second book in the trilogy. The only relevancy that it ever has is perhaps being set in the same time and world, and the random interaction with a human subject potentially from The Vorrh.
Content Warnings
Minor: Cultural appropriation
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