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winged'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Cannibalism, Suicidal thoughts, War, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Death, Eating disorder, Police brutality, Colonisation, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Body horror, Child death, and Murder
Moderate: Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Police brutality, Mental illness, Dysphoria, Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Violence, and Gore
Minor: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Chronic illness, Hate crime, Abandonment, Animal death, Cannibalism, and Classism
julesadventurezone's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
I love Nona's little family very much and cried about them several times toward the end of this book.
Graphic: Vomit, Cursing, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, and Death
Moderate: Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Medical content, Drug use, Eating disorder, Colonisation, Gore, Gun violence, Chronic illness, Murder, Child death, and Mental illness
Minor: Sexual violence and Police brutality
ebp'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
Graphic: Torture, Mass/school shootings, Gore, Self harm, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Confinement, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Death, Chronic illness, Blood, War, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Body horror, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Genocide, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Police brutality, and Colonisation
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Car accident
steph_weigle'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? No
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Gore, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, War, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Medical content, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Violence, and Body horror
boywonder's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Violence and Blood
Moderate: Gun violence, War, Mental illness, and Death
talon1010's review against another edition
- 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? No
5.0
Mines all pretty, i did the flags blue and pink
The bonus content was FANTASTIC, I'll say. Fascinating and trackable but builds the world with depth more even than the considerable breadth of information that can be broached by... Such characters as these 😁💀⚔️
Graphic: Murder and Mental illness
Moderate: Child death, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Abandonment
shottel'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
Still, I would say it’s better than Gideon and a mark worse than Harrow - which is to say, it’s very good. I had a harder time following the plot than before, and while Muir makes great strides with diversity in this book, it sometimes comes off a tad awkward (like in the repeated misgendering of a character with they/them pronouns, just for them to correct themselves). But those are pretty small problems compared to the rest of this deeply dark and funny novel. If you liked Gideon and Harrow, I highly recommend it.
Graphic: Blood, Violence, Addiction, Body horror, Mental illness, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Death, Toxic friendship, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Bullying, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Body shaming, Medical content, and Transphobia
Minor: Drug use, Vomit, Trafficking, and Sexual violence
bluestjuice'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? It's complicated
4.0
Nona is so, incredibly, real. This is one of Muir's great talents - despite writing a series that is utterly over-the-top space melodrama with gothic elements and skeletons and necromantic flourishes all over everything, they nevertheless create people that feel and act utterly peopley. Many authors can't convincingly write youthful characters even in ordinary circumstances; Muir portrays Nona's uncomprehending childishness in a way that is genuine and feels both true to the experience of the young without being the least bit saccharine. I loved Nona, entirely, and her protagonism resonated with me vigorously despite the twisty, adult, machination-y web of deceit and plotting that surrounded her nearly every step of the way.
This is the third book in the series, which I have waited for a long time, and which I should clearly have bothered to do a re-read of previous to this because the lore here is deep and the references are layered in as thickly as Griddle's skull makeup back in <i>Gideon the Ninth</i>. On the other hand, having now skidded out the other side (I'm not kidding: I read the last 100 pages in a rare frenzy of <i><b>you don't understand I cannot put this down until I know what happens</b></i>), I have a burning desire to go re-read everything through again, to line up pieces and notice all the many things I'm sure I missed or didn't realize the significance of at the moment they were deployed.
Anyway, I don't even feel qualified to review this really because my emotions are leaking out all over the place and I don't know what to say to explain how enjoyable I find this series and this installment. In all its infuriating circuitous mystery. I can't believe I have to keep waiting to find out what happens next.
Graphic: Chronic illness, Body horror, Gun violence, Cursing, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Death, and Genocide
Moderate: Grief, Violence, Mental illness, Dysphoria, War, Panic attacks/disorders, and Colonisation
Minor: Religious bigotry, Eating disorder, Cannibalism, Toxic friendship, and Child death
iane_reads'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
4.75
Graphic: Chronic illness, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Medical content, Terminal illness, Suicide, Confinement, Blood, Violence, Xenophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic relationship, Racial slurs, Racism, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Cursing, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mass/school shootings, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Car accident, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, Genocide, Vomit, Trafficking, and Addiction
Minor: Cannibalism, Alcohol, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Animal cruelty, and War
biobeetle's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Violence, Terminal illness, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Body horror, Mental illness, Death, Gore, and Grief
Minor: Eating disorder and Self harm