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brukneem'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: Medical content, Grief, Chronic illness, War, Religious bigotry, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Torture, Slavery, Rape, Xenophobia, Blood, Sexism, Racism, Body horror, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Gaslighting, and Sexual violence
christinereads1823'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
Lewis's writing is addicting, and their characters burst off the page, their thought processes and actions and connections to each other so strong you can't help but be sucked into their ever-intertwining story.
I cried for pretty much the last seventy-five pages straight and then for minutes after I finished.
Graphic: Blood, Murder, Grief, Death, War, Violence, and Torture
Moderate: Body horror
Minor: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Emotional abuse
beebeewin'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
3.75
Graphic: War and Violence
Moderate: Torture
major_tom'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
3.0
I loved the storylines of Lucia, Lito and Astrid. While I think some more drastic choices could have been made, I think they were engaging and brought enough reality of war (emotional damage š). However, I hated Hiroās storyline. His character was already a bit questionable in the previous book, but here it just got worse. And no, Iām not talking about queer representation. I am talking about the unauthentic dialogues - the speeches he made were not realistic in the environment they were made. The vocabulary used tried to describe him as a bit of rebel, but it was too much in your face. He was a caricature, not a real person. That really put me off because I think other characters didnāt have that problem.
Also, the ending was very ā¦ boring? Anticlimactic? After so much, the resolution of HUGE problems was fast, plain and didnāt have any consequences.
Overall, I am not sure whether I would recommend this series. It has an interesting world and lore behind it, some characters were very unique and I loved following their story, no matter how tragic in some places. But the flaws in writing, story being flat and uneventful for a whole book and a unsatisfying ending canāt be ignored.
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Death, Dysphoria, Gore, Medical trauma, War, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexism, and Xenophobia
leaflit'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
4.5
One complaint about the audiobook version is with so many different narrators there were inconsistencies in pronunciation that I found disruptive as there were a couple times I didnāt realize different narrators were talking about the same thing until it came up a couple times.
Graphic: Death, Gore, Medical content, Misogyny, Torture, Transphobia, Blood, Classism, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Grief, Mental illness, War, Xenophobia, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gun violence, Hate crime, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death of parent, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Toxic friendship, Rape, Slavery, and Terminal illness
Minor: Body horror, Alcohol, Excrement, and Vomit
salemander's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Medical trauma, Slavery, Torture, Genocide, Grief, Violence, War, Death, and Sexual violence
studydniowka'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: Emotional abuse, Racism, Religious bigotry, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Racial slurs, Death, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Abandonment, Colonisation, Slavery, Death of parent, Grief, Trafficking, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, and War
ktopreads's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Murder, Misogyny, War, Violence, and Torture
Moderate: Religious bigotry, Rape, Gun violence, Transphobia, Sexual violence, and Kidnapping