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jaedia's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, and Violence
Moderate: Murder, Toxic friendship, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexism, and War
Minor: Terminal illness, Child abuse, Confinement, Medical trauma, Alcoholism, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Self harm, and Torture
bookwisp's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
There are a lot of names and places to keep track of. I was extremely glad of the Kindle search and X-ray functions which helped me to keep track of characters and alliances. Even so, it was a bit of a struggle. Also, I do have some gripes about the overall lack of female characters (and some about the handling of the female characters we did get), but as I believe Cywen might play a bigger role in the second book, I'll (mostly) hold my peace on this one.
If I'm honest, I was mostly reading for Corban's POV. And yet?? I did get through all ~640 pages, so Gwynne's done something right. Overall, I can't say I was blown away, but there's something about the pacing and the plotting that has left me wanting to read on.
Graphic: Death and Violence
Moderate: Bullying
dogearedbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, and Murder
Moderate: Bullying
kylieqrada's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Violence