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sophiesmallhands's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, Xenophobia, War, Violence, Slavery, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Torture, Death of parent, Genocide, Death, and Emotional abuse
readwithria's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- 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
What a conclusion!
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
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
Content Warnings
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
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