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The Merciless Ones by Namina Forna

4 reviews

jagodasbooks's review

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challenging dark slow-paced

3.0

"The Merciless Ones includes scenes of violence, including some graphic violence and description of sexual violence, which some readers may find distressing."

Where was this warning in the first book, huh? I'm still traumatised after it. This book is less descriptive than the first one, but still it's one of the most terrifying, violent and brutal books I've ever read and I would add more content warnings to that.

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professional_strawberry's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • 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


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wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0


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asspen's review

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The plot was just not as intriguing as the first book honestly. I get that love interests are common in most books but the relationship between Deka and Ketia took away from the book in my opinion. Also there’s a lot more details with the characters and places and it really just jumbled my head. The first book was super awesome but I wish I read it as a stand-alone. 

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