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amy_in_the_city'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? No
4.75
Graphic: Gore, War, Grief, Blood, Death of parent, Death, Classism, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
Moderate: Car accident, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, and Medical content
Minor: Sexual content and Stalking
greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.0
Moderate: Death, Grief, Sexual content, Child death, War, Vomit, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Alcohol, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
cturn's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Atmosphere - 8
Writing - 8
Plot - 8
Intrigue - 10
Logic - 7
Enjoyment - 9
CAWPILE score - 8.3
Graphic: Grief, Death, Blood, War, and Death of parent
Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Child death and Sexual content
chelly_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
4.5
Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, War, Medical content, Addiction, Alcohol, Death of parent, Grief, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcoholism
j_day'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? No
3.5
Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Alcohol, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Grief, and War
cait'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
Minor: Abandonment, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Slavery, Violence, War, Alcohol, Classism, Medical content, Gore, Gun violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Death, and Death of parent
lajackson's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, War, Violence, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Death
kal517'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? No
4.5
Graphic: Death, Violence, War, and Death of parent
Moderate: Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, and Blood
Minor: Sexual content
awenya'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
4.5
Graphic: Death, Violence, War, and Blood
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Death of parent
not_another_ana's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
I’m writing to you but I’m also writing for me. And I don’t expect you to respond, but it helps to know someone is hearing me. Someone is reading what I pour onto a page. It helps to know that I’m not alone tonight, even as I sit in quiet darkness.
This is first and foremost a romance, you can tell that everything else was built around the concept of these two exchanging letters. Because of that I found the worldbuilding to be a bit thin, like it didn't fully know what it wanted to be. You had these references to the mythology that were exciting but never went deeper than the obvious, and for that reason I didn't care at all for the war. It was clearly a devise used to cause tension and move the plot along. I found it interesting that the author was able to write these hard hitting, detailed war scenes that showed the horrors of war seemingly as easily as she did with the romance. My only complaint there is that the two rarely managed to coalesce in an organic way. You would be leaving the front after a horrible attack only to be dragged out of that mood and contemplation of the horrors by a silly scene that felt out of place.
The romance is the strongest piece of this book. The concept of magically exchanging letters was romantic, delightful, whimsical, I just wish there had been more letters.
I generally liked the secondary characters but I wish they had been more developed. Same with the war and their work as war correspondents, I was left wanting more.
I thought I would like this more, with all the positive reviews, so I'm a bit disappointed. Maybe too much hype! Read this is you like vibes and romance and don't worry too much about the horrors of war. Or worldbuilding!
Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Alcoholism, and War
There is a war going on and the protagonists go to the front as war correspondents where they witness the horrors of the trenches and the fighting.