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vmknmy'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
5.0
Graphic: Death, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Torture, Violence, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Rape
Minor: Murder, Death of parent, and Drug abuse
teiscool12'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
Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Medical content, Rape, and War
bremna101's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Murder and Torture
Minor: Rape and Sexual assault
mspilesofpaper's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
Utterly predictable (even for YA), has tons of questionable content for YA (rape, self-harm, abuse, drugs and overdosing, murder, torture etc).
Love interest and main character give me major Gary and Mary Sue vibes. Of course, they’re white and LI is the only one with a specific and rare eye colour. Blue/gold which gives me Maas' vibes (Aelin is described to have a similar eye colour, I think).
The logic of „if you’re a super dangerous criminal who might have magic, you’re forced to participate in this trial series that includes all four elements and if you survive, you can leave by law“ still baffles me. If you don’t have magic, you die. Spoiler: magic is super rare and belongs to the royals.
Irking extra: the maps are not ebook friendly. World-building is lacking as it is but the maps are also useless.
Graphic: Torture, Self harm, and Child death
Moderate: Rape, Death, and Death of parent
Minor: Animal cruelty
captainghafa's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Self harm, Addiction, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, War, and Domestic abuse
rachelgart0n's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Addiction, Rape, Medical content, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Self harm
foreverbookwandering'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
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Self harm, Death, Drug abuse, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Drug use
tkatt20'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? Yes
3.5
Im kind of lost on what I feel about this book. It was good, but I tend to be a detective when reading, so I was searching for every plot twist and I solved 90% of this book within the first 50 or so pages. That didn't ruin my enjoyment of the book, it just made it seem very slow paced for me when I usually like quicker fantasy novels. The premise and the storyline was very interesting, I lost a little on the world building, but considering the entire book is set in a prison that the MC arrived at when she was 7, it kind of makes sense. The characters were interesting enough to hold my attention, and for being only 17, the MC was very mature and resourceful. I would have loved to see more of the side characters and some of the little details of the Prison more fleshed out but it was alright. Everything was mostly saved by the ending in my opinion.
If you're the type of person who doesn't search for plot twists and just wants a fun and quick read then this would be perfect for you. This checks off all the boxes of a basic YA fantasy and it was definitely worth the time. The ending was amazing and I hope the next one does more in terms of world building.
Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Torture, Violence, Sexual assault, Slavery, Mental illness, and Rape
Moderate: Sexual harassment, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Medical content, Physical abuse, Vomit, Chronic illness, and Addiction
Minor: Sexism, Miscarriage, Child abuse, Bullying, and Child death
viry's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Torture
Moderate: Self harm and Sexual assault
Minor: Rape and Addiction
alexandragriffin's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
3.0
Graphic: Sexual violence, Child abuse, Torture, Rape, and Death
Moderate: Self harm and Drug abuse
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