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bookcaptivated's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Violence, Blood, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Animal death, Gore, and Vomit
Minor: Colonisation, Racism, Bullying, and Homophobia
booksthatburn's review
I thought I was going to read a second-world fantasy, not boarding school in magic-adjacent Britain. The magic system is probably the best thing in the book, but I tuned out as the relationship between the main characters became explicitly manipulative. The girl-disguised-as-boy seemed like it was using queer-adjacent tension to drive a m/f relationship, which is fine I guess, but I didn't get far enough to evaluate how that's handled overall.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Homophobia, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Toxic relationship, and Racism
Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, War, Self harm, and Death
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