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tired_cicada's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
That said, don’t go into this expecting a romance. It’s a mystery through and through.
It did start off really slow, but picked up eventually.
The mystery was done well. I managed to guess the killer but in a way that made me feel accomplished for figuring it out. Not in a “oh this was so predictable” kinda way.
Handles delicate situations like death, social injustice, and the ramifications of war (including but not limited to PTSD) with grace.
Very good! I enjoyed it!
Graphic: Grief, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent
Moderate: Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Abandonment, Dementia, Murder, and Blood
Minor: Sexual content and Torture
chilivanilli28'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
4.0
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Death of parent, Blood, and Gore
criticalmiss'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
4.0
And to be unfavoured means, you don’t have a voice in the government, you get conscripted without your consent to the war and your murder doesn’t mean anything unless you a disciple of a saint.
I enjoyed the magic system , and the characters were developed and flawed. A good mystery runs throughout.
Told in a few 3rd person POV
TW: death, body mutilation, gun violence, poisoning, child death
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Murder, Violence, Child death, Grief, Blood, Death of parent, and Gun violence
linnea1801's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Violence, War, Death, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Dementia, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, and Classism
kirstenf'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
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Classism, Murder, Grief, Alcohol, War, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Sexual content
thewildmageslibrary's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: War, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Death
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide
lqvekanej's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, War, Gore, and Violence
centurylore's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Classism, Child death, Death, Violence, Murder, War, and Death of parent
Moderate: Blood
moonchild_cos's review against another edition
- 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: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Violence, Gun violence, Death of parent, Murder, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Grief, Sexual content, War, and Classism
Minor: Confinement, Mental illness, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, and Dementia
faefolkreads'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? It's complicated
4.0
This was, at its heart, a story about an angry broken girl and confused broken boy finding their way back to each other in a world they don’t fit in. But there was more to it then that; we have an interesting magic system based around their religion, a political system with segregation as it’s driving force, a rebellion of downtrodden society, soldiers suffering with PTSD and unsure where their loyalties should lie, interesting fleshed out characters and a wonderful Italian inspired city with mysterious murders.
This story felt a bit slow for me to begin with, but I devoured the second half. Damien is a precious cinnamon roll who is madly in love and confused; he questions his loyalties, his sanity and his religion. Roz is a hard, angry and non-nonsense FMC who spends a good portion of this book in denial and existing off anger. And I was so there for their relationship 😍
The second half of the book really picked up and i
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Blood