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stories's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Gore, and Death
Moderate: Child abuse, Murder, Self harm, Abandonment, Classism, Violence, and Physical abuse
Minor: Racism
rory18's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Murder, Body horror, Abandonment, Confinement, Blood, Torture, Trafficking, Child abuse, Death, Violence, Slavery, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual assault, Incest, Racism, Sexual violence, and Classism
Minor: Child death
Tagged as incest due toclarabooksit's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
2.5
Graphic: Murder, Violence, Blood, Toxic relationship, Classism, and Death
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, and Vomit
booksthatburn's review against another edition
I hated almost every character. Sydney and her employer are the most sympathetic characters among the magicians, and it seemed like most of the other magicians were meant to be somehow repulsive. Sydney are her employer are also the only magic users who are in the competition but not part of the established houses. At least as far as I got in the book, the members of the houses are varying degrees of unpleasant, from just generally complicit in the pain caused by their magic, all the way up to one being a serial killer who thinks his method of direct murder is better than the secret torture dungeon. I don’t know if he’s right or wrong, but I’m uninterested in the debate.
Graphic: Blood, Violence, Self harm, Body horror, and Death
Moderate: Alcohol, Child abuse, Slavery, Sexism, Murder, Torture, Racism, and Child death
Minor: Vomit, Sexual content, and Death of parent
tamara_joy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Physical abuse
Minor: Blood and Child abuse
bookcaptivated's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Death, Slavery, Torture, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Vomit
Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Child abuse, Cursing, Racism, and Stalking
evbyrd's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Confinement, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Blood, Cursing, Death, Gore, and Stalking