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keepsleep's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Classism, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Colonisation, War, Death, Animal death, and Violence
Minor: Vomit, Medical trauma, Slavery, Abandonment, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Cursing, Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, and Gun violence
blythemind's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Animal death, Confinement, Colonisation, Death, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Xenophobia, Violence, and War
idksamiguess'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
4.25
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, and Grief
hilwithonel's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I have to say though, the first third of this book was suuuuuper slow. It seemed to be this attempt at character development for Spensa with her warring feelings of needing to do things on her own and not wanting to hurt or leave behind those she loves. Great in theory, but the execution was just like SO obvious and redundant. Way to much time spent on Spensa's inner thoughts.
The last half of the book though kicked ass. So fast paced, so fun. I loved the ending. Made me cry so that's a win.
SPOILER INCOMING:
MUSHROOM BOT?!?! I LOVE IT.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Medical trauma, Violence, and Murder
Minor: Death of parent and War
aileron's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Death, War, and Violence
Moderate: Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, Xenophobia, Confinement, Grief, Slavery, Animal death, and Suicide
Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Colonisation, and Death of parent
aidareads's review
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Vomit
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Genocide
laguerrelewis'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: Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Medical content, Murder, Confinement, Violence, Animal cruelty, and Animal death
betweentheshelves'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
4.5
Seeing the character growth from the first book to this book is honestly masterfully done, and though there is definitely a build up to the ending, it is worth the build up. There's so much action packed into that last part of the book that you won't want to put it down until you finish reading it. I know I didn't!
There are so few sci-fi books like this for teens that I'm glad that this series exists. Because I know there are teens that like to read about space battles, too! The random illustrations thrown in here are also fun. And I appreciated the theme that just because an alien species doesn't think or act like humans doesn't mean they aren't intelligent beings. They just have intelligence in a different way.
All in all, this sci-fi series has all the space battles you could want while still hosting a cast of characters you will come to love by the end.
Graphic: Death, War, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Grief, and Violence
Minor: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Slavery
iono'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
3.25
Graphic: Death, Violence, and War
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Murder, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Animal death
Minor: Death of parent and Slavery
readwithria'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
Defiant was the last book in the Skyward series, and it took the story and characters we know and love and put them to the test. There are so many things about this book that I love, and while I will try my best to avoid spoilers I can’t guarantee that the lost below will be 100% spoiler free for the other book pls in the series
Things I loved
🛰️ getting the flight back together! I wish we had spent more time with them, because Skyward Flight is one of my favorite parts of this series
🛰️ SLUGS (iykyk)
🛰️ new POVs from characters we know and love, plus characters we love to hate
🛰️ big growth from Spensa
🛰️ Hesho, M-Bot, and Doomslug
🛰️ themes of loneliness, war, and sacrifice
🛰️ FM in the epilogue! Great! I loved it, and loved her
There were a couple things that kept this from being a 5 star book, here’s what I wish were a little different
💫 another 5-10 pages in the last action sequence would have been great. It wrapped up really quickly, and I wanted more resolution
💫 y’all we already know this, but romance is not Brandon Sanderson’s strength. I can’t be the only person who thinks the relationship between Spensa and Jorgan is a little underdeveloped, right? It feels like I missed a lot of it
💫 the amount of times Spensa thought about how a piece of information would be important if she could figure out what it meant. I don’t know why, but that felt so silly to me 😂
All in all I’m so pleased with how this series ended. If you haven’t started the Skyward series you should do it asap! 4 stars
Graphic: War and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Animal cruelty, Violence, Gun violence, Death, Murder, Kidnapping, and Grief
Minor: Slavery, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent