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meggkey08's review against another edition
1.0
DNF at page 148.
This book was not bad by no means and i can in a way see why people would like this book but it personally was not for me. The one star that it did get was that i kind of liked the Queer romance in some respects, and i LOVE books with Queer romance in, but the romance wasn't enough to keep me hooked in the book.
Instantly, you are thrown into a world, which is stated as America later on and the writing gives the impression that the reader should already know the world (I hope that makes sense). The narrative is very repetitive with the word "blood" being used in every sentence and there was just no need. The story also had the typical YA tropes (not awful if done correctly) of the reluctant hero and there is an element of insta love and a love triangle with "good boy" and "bad boy". This was however, no means the worse part of the novel... more boys need Queer romance in them. The author also did one of my most hated tropes of killing of characters for the sake of killing them off to add a shock factor when in actual fact their death doesn't really mean anything substantial.
The story would have worked better if the world had been developed more. A prologue could have done this was a a mini history of events of perhaps have more descriptive paragraphs in the books.
Trigger Warnings:
-Semi Gore
-Death of characters
- Post War kind of setting with civilisation gone
(there could be more further in the books however i did not manage to reach further into the story)
This book was not bad by no means and i can in a way see why people would like this book but it personally was not for me. The one star that it did get was that i kind of liked the Queer romance in some respects, and i LOVE books with Queer romance in, but the romance wasn't enough to keep me hooked in the book.
Instantly, you are thrown into a world, which is stated as America later on and the writing gives the impression that the reader should already know the world (I hope that makes sense). The narrative is very repetitive with the word "blood" being used in every sentence and there was just no need. The story also had the typical YA tropes (not awful if done correctly) of the reluctant hero and there is an element of insta love and a love triangle with "good boy" and "bad boy". This was however, no means the worse part of the novel... more boys need Queer romance in them. The author also did one of my most hated tropes of killing of characters for the sake of killing them off to add a shock factor when in actual fact their death doesn't really mean anything substantial.
The story would have worked better if the world had been developed more. A prologue could have done this was a a mini history of events of perhaps have more descriptive paragraphs in the books.
Trigger Warnings:
-Semi Gore
-Death of characters
- Post War kind of setting with civilisation gone
(there could be more further in the books however i did not manage to reach further into the story)
books_blackcats's review against another edition
Was not inspired to finish the story. Didn’t care enough about anyone.
kaeliwolf's review against another edition
5.0
I couldn't stop reading, I just needed to know what would happen next, and surprisingly I couldn't usually guess what was going to happen next! I need the next one soon!!!! Please?!?!?
book4grace's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
carlossammy's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
blingokitty's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Self harm, Cursing, Homophobia, Mental illness, Murder, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Bullying
pixi_reads's review
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
I skimmed through the last probably quarter of the book just trying to find what happened. I wanted to know, but honestly didn't really care. I didn't even have high expectations, but this book still failed to deliver. Possibly because almost every character you meet until about the 50% point, will die a few pages after you meet them except for the main character. So I would start to connect or make notes of who these people were, only to have them die a short time later. And their deaths were mostly meaningless. They died only because there was an enemy nearby.
coffeepensandpaper's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- 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
thysparklyreads's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.5
vickyposts's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
While this isn’t a book that will take you away it is still a good read. I give it 4/5 stars for its magic system and unique tropes for its genera. Only thing holding it back is how much is kept hidden at the beginning and in the middle of the book.
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For my review with spoilers check out my blog at vickyposts.wordpress.com