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sarahsbooklife'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
3.5
I think the only reason I could cope with how slow it was was because I saw somewhere that it was inspired by Lord of the Rings. And if you've read those books you know just how slow they are.
I enjoyed it and I'm definitely interested in seeing what's going to happen in this series.
But I really hope that pace picks up and the story really gets going.
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, and Violence
Moderate: Colonisation and War
Minor: Animal death
mayaschmerf'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
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, War, Murder, Grief, Animal death, Death, Cursing, and Blood
keelinmcneil'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: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Gore, War, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Death of parent
Minor: Torture
frantically'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? Yes
5.0
You can really see how Aveyard's writing has become so much more mature since RQ. I loved all the characters and their stories linked really well together.
I especially loved Erida, mainly because she reminds me of my favourite historical women (I'm a history major, forgive me). She's such a well written morally gray/black/idek character and I'm so so excited to see how her story progresses and all the other ones as well.
Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, Gore, Death, Violence, War, Blood, and Confinement
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Grief
Minor: Animal death and Animal cruelty
ordernumberseventeen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Moderate: Blood, Death, Gore, Grief, and Murder
kittykaz'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? No
3.75
Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, and War
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Grief
llsugarspicell'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
5.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Blood, and Death
heather077'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? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Blood and Violence
fantasycat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Murder, and Violence
theespressoedition's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
1). Why are there so many names that begin with "Cor"? CORayne, CORtael, CORblood, Old COR... starting off the story with so many similar titles really confused me, especially since it just kind of launched into the action without a ton of additional information. That being said...
2.) There was too much information. Okay, I get how that could be a confusing point considering what I just wrote above, but I prefer a story that has some information right off the bat and then leads into the action. This one started with action and then just info-dumped for the next 300 pages. I get that it was "great world-building," but it just felt like a lot of words and not a lot of anything actually happening.
3.) The only POV I actually enjoyed was the antagonist's. There weren't many chapters from this POV, but when there were, I was hooked. It was much more exciting than anything else that happened throughout the book, so I'm hoping the sequel gives us more from this perspective.
Overall, I found it lacking - which is unfortunate considering it was 576 pages long. With that much book, I hoped for more excitement. It didn't keep my attention nearly as well as the Red Queen series, but I'm still planning to read the sequel because I want to give it a hearty chance to really pique my interest!
Graphic: Murder and Violence
Moderate: Blood and Gore
Minor: Toxic relationship