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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