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friendly_neighborhood_grandma's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Gaslighting, Murder, Abandonment, Child death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Death, Mental illness, and Animal death
PTSDbookedbymadeline's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
It did take a little while to get into the book but once I did it was hard to put down! The plot twists kept me guessing and kept turning the story on its head. I never knew what to expect (with the exception of one twist)! Also, the cover is stunning 😍
I’m excited to check out book 2 and hope the romance/love triangle is a little more developed.
Graphic: Death, Blood, and Violence
Moderate: Trafficking and Kidnapping
Minor: Confinement
orinthebard's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.5
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Violence
lastsilversunset's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Kidnapping
Moderate: Child death and Death
Minor: Blood and Violence
ceilidhwilliams's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
The last ~50 pages made this some what redeeming.
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Violence, Trafficking, and Grief
Moderate: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders
scorpioness's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Overall though, I enjoyed the atmosphere of it and the plot was better than some other books I’ve read, but the foreshadowing was sloppy at times.
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Kidnapping, and Trafficking
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Gore, and Violence
Minor: Bullying, Confinement, and Self harm
Native erasure and slight grooming as well Self harm page- 150 Body horror page-170halfwaytoaugust's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Death, Blood, Kidnapping, and Violence
aloy's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Violence
briannasbookshelf_'s review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This book was an easy read. I think the best part about it was the descriptions of each of the worlds and their magic systems. I wanted to learn more about each world and what their citizens were capable of, and unfortunately that is not where this book goes.
Another thing I found unsatisfying was the amount of plot lines in this book. It feels like every single character had a plot twist at some point and it felt like whiplash every time one was revealed (and when you put that together with my previous point of there being way too many characters that feel like they should be more important than they're made to be it gets overwhelming very quickly). Once again something that may have benefitted from the book being 500 pages rather than 305. There are so many plot lines that didn't get wrapped up, or were so hastily figured out (the little girl in the basement wtf that was a super annoying way to 'fix' that one), that I have no idea what the sequel will possibly be about. </spolier>
While I definitely have issues with the length of this book, it was still fun to read. I would not recommend this book if you don't want to commit to reading the sequel when it eventually comes out because there are so many questions left unanswered (I'll say it one more time, why is this book so short?!).
Moderate: Violence, Child death, and Confinement