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princessrory's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Drug use, Violence, Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, War, Death of parent, Grief, Death, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Trafficking, Ableism, Drug abuse, and Confinement
Moderate: Sexual assault, Torture, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, and Xenophobia
Minor: Infidelity, Gore, Misogyny, Colonisation, and Classism
elysekimberly's review
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
2.75
This rating is lower than I thought it would be. The first book I felt generally positive about. I went through it very quickly. I was pretty immersed in the plot and really liked the characters. This book though, just.. didn’t work?
It took me legitimately a month to read this. This book is not that long and has decently spaced out text on the page. The fact that it took me so long says a lot, and I couldn’t fully tell you why. It just sat on my nightstand and I didn’t feel drawn to read it. When I got into the groove of the story I was ok, but it took me a lot to get through this.
I did like the addition of the character Harini in this book. Her teaching Adraa how to cast despite being voiceless was really nice. It seemed symbolic.
I’m not obsessed with the love interest, he’s pretty mediocre. However, he did have one quote that made me smile. Jatin said: “You’re terrifying, Adraa Belwar. And I’m so in love with you.” That quote redeemed him and this book a bit.
It took me legitimately a month to read this. This book is not that long and has decently spaced out text on the page. The fact that it took me so long says a lot, and I couldn’t fully tell you why. It just sat on my nightstand and I didn’t feel drawn to read it. When I got into the groove of the story I was ok, but it took me a lot to get through this.
I did like the addition of the character Harini in this book. Her teaching Adraa how to cast despite being voiceless was really nice. It seemed symbolic.
I’m not obsessed with the love interest, he’s pretty mediocre. However, he did have one quote that made me smile. Jatin said: “You’re terrifying, Adraa Belwar. And I’m so in love with you.” That quote redeemed him and this book a bit.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood and Violence
Moderate: Drug use and War
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