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featheredpages07'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
3.75
Graphic: War, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Slavery, and Violence
Moderate: Death, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Grief, and Gore
quinzelle's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Moderate: Slavery
mj_86'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: Violence, Death, and War
Moderate: Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Murder
Minor: Physical abuse
raptorq's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Violence and Death
Moderate: Blood and War
Minor: Slavery
seregelda's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
The story was more confusing than the previous one, but I liked the ending.
Graphic: War and Violence
Moderate: Slavery, Trafficking, Blood, and Murder
manaledi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Death, Grief, War, and Violence
Minor: Physical abuse, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, and Fire/Fire injury
klbreyfogle'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
4.0
Graphic: Death, War, and Violence
Minor: Slavery
bookhoarderbea's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.75
nevertheless i only docked 0.25⭐ since i liked how it ended. however, i would not be opposed to reading about simi meeting her parents again and also hearing about what happened to the yumboes. poor issa ☹️
Graphic: Trafficking, Violence, War, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Slavery
bookishwitherin'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
5.0
Moderate: Slavery and Violence
bookishmillennial'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
- second book in a duology, a young adult fantasy inspired by West African mythology
- Simi is a mermaid/mami wata who serves orisa Yemoja, & collects the souls of those who die in the sea, bringing them to be blessed by Yemoja before their journey onward
- Simi saves a human Kola from drowning & is turned into a human as she goes on a quest (with Kola lol) to seek forgiveness & redemption
- so much angst between Simi & Kola!
- world-building and characters were beautifully fleshed out!
- the sequel was not my favorite (Simi is in a new world, new job & has to team up with new characters), & I think Skin of the Sea would have been perfect as a standalone!
- cw: slavery, death, violence, kidnapping, colonisation
Graphic: Violence, Death, Slavery, Colonisation, and Kidnapping