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noellegrace8's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
I do not factor audiobook narrators' performances into in my overall star rating of a book, but I would give Rebecca Soler a 4.5/5. She did better with this one than the last, with a bit more variance in her emotion, although it still drones or falls flat in parts. Her accents were quite good, actually allowing me to know who was talking when. However, I started to wonder why Scarlet has a French accent (typically, though sometimes Soler forgets to use it) but Kai, for instance, has an American one even though he lives in New Beijing.
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Blood, Violence, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Classism, War, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Ableism, Colonisation, and Grief
Minor: Genocide, Mental illness, Vomit, Child death, Rape, Sexual content, Child abuse, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Medical content, Torture, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Confinement, Gaslighting, Suicide, Addiction, Alcohol, Misogyny, Stalking, and Toxic relationship
The items I included in "Graphic" are mostly due to violence throughout the book related to themes and characters. This second book contained much more of that than the first. Items in "moderate" are either thematic in occurrence or are detailed enough to warrant more than a brief warning. I did want to explicitly inform the potential reader about my sexual violence/rape warning: it is only threateded/mentioned once in nongraphic terms. It never actually happens/happened.modernhobbitvibes's review against another edition
2.25
Graphic: Murder, Body horror, Death, Medical trauma, War, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Confinement, Medical content, Blood, Death of parent, and Grief
Moderate: Physical abuse, Slavery, Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, Gore, and Torture
Minor: Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment
20 year old flirts with 16 year old, mind control,thumbeleia'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
4.0
Graphic: Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Blood, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Vomit, War, Abandonment, Ableism, Classism, Death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Slavery, Torture, Xenophobia, Gaslighting, Genocide, and Injury/Injury detail
eowyn_zoe's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Death and Genocide
Moderate: Kidnapping, Torture, War, Physical abuse, and Violence
Minor: Injury/Injury detail
maria_pell'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
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, War, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Abandonment, Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Hate crime, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Animal death and Vomit
therobinjoyce's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
The continuation from book 1s character took far too long to be reintroduced and the action could have been far much more ramped up. There was a innate sense of predictability to the majority of the story but all in all it was a decent read.
I did particularly enjoy the interactions and character relationships between Wolf and Scarlet and their story was very compelling and intriguing.
If I'd read this as a teenager I probably would have loved it far more than I did reading it for the first time as an adult.
Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, and Grief
Moderate: Gun violence, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Violence
Minor: Death of parent, Genocide, and Torture