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julesadventurezone's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Grief, and Self harm
Minor: Alcoholism, Sexual content, Sexism, and Slavery
sauvageloup's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Difficult to rate this one because I read it whilst being in a weird place, over a much longer period than i usually would, so my view of it is confused and fractured
pros:
- it had plenty of excitement and gripping moments
- the inter-character dynamics reminded me of Six of Crows and there was humour too
- the worldbuilding, as in bk.1, is amazing and very detailed
- it's well written, with lots of vivid descriptions, but also tense action
- i liked Merrin and the other new characters
- there were plenty of plot points following up after bk.1
cons:
- i just didn't emotionally connect that much. Lei is meant to be the softer one, but she still kills and the one guard she kills early on, she hardly seems to care about. i found it hard to relate to her all that much, and she seemed pretty passive here, just doing what others tell her
- we didn't get to see much of the Paper girls from the palace
- it felt like it dragged somehow, but that might've been because of how i read it
- the deaths of Bo and Hiro felt somewhat disconnected? I still don't understand why Hiro had to die then, what did Wren's dao do exactly? I understand that their deaths were to highlight Wren's ruthlessness and the difficulty of their mission etc. but the means of their dying felt contrived. I know irl, people's deaths often have no meaning in war but this is a book so I felt like they came out of nowhere and i didn't feel much
- as much as I liked Merrin, Netta and the others, they didn't feel completely fully developed but a little flat.
overall, i didn't enjoy it as much as bk. 1 but i couldn't rly say why. it might just be my state of mind.
pros:
- it had plenty of excitement and gripping moments
- the inter-character dynamics reminded me of Six of Crows and there was humour too
- the worldbuilding, as in bk.1, is amazing and very detailed
- it's well written, with lots of vivid descriptions, but also tense action
- i liked Merrin and the other new characters
- there were plenty of plot points following up after bk.1
cons:
- i just didn't emotionally connect that much. Lei is meant to be the softer one, but she still kills and the one guard she kills early on, she hardly seems to care about. i found it hard to relate to her all that much, and she seemed pretty passive here, just doing what others tell her
- we didn't get to see much of the Paper girls from the palace
- it felt like it dragged somehow, but that might've been because of how i read it
- as much as I liked Merrin, Netta and the others, they didn't feel completely fully developed but a little flat.
overall, i didn't enjoy it as much as bk. 1 but i couldn't rly say why. it might just be my state of mind.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Self harm
wirt's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Self harm, and Violence
Moderate: Body horror
Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Grief
I'll do a full review later I swear but
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