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hanz's review against another edition
dark
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Gore, Murder, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Slavery, Confinement, Colonisation, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy
Minor: Fire/Fire injury
wickedgrumpy's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.25
There is a lot that I like about this particular book because many questions that have been lingering for a while are answered. We finally learn more about Christopher, Barabas is wonderful, Julie knows things, Kate and Curran do dangerous shit.
One thing that I don't enjoy is the reuse of description for the side characters... When you saw him you thought of sex, he was a devastatingly beautiful boy that would have females eating out of his hand, he was well dressed but gaunt to the point where he looked like he didn't eat enough, she was plump, when Kate first met x,y,z character they were x,y,z and ever since events occurred in a previous book, they now were x,y,z.
I don't think I ever really noticed it before because the time between previous reads was longer but since I'm doing a re-read in order to get to the new release it is definitely there.
The pacing of this one is also a bit jumpy (by design, yes, but still it's jarring). It takes course over the span of two weeks but so much happens and there are so many cuts that I feel like if I did the math for how many magic waves and days/hours get mentioned it might actually break the timeline.
One thing that I don't enjoy is the reuse of description for the side characters... When you saw him you thought of sex, he was a devastatingly beautiful boy that would have females eating out of his hand, he was well dressed but gaunt to the point where he looked like he didn't eat enough, she was plump, when Kate first met x,y,z character they were x,y,z and ever since events occurred in a previous book, they now were x,y,z.
I don't think I ever really noticed it before because the time between previous reads was longer but since I'm doing a re-read in order to get to the new release it is definitely there.
The pacing of this one is also a bit jumpy (by design, yes, but still it's jarring). It takes course over the span of two weeks but so much happens and there are so many cuts that I feel like if I did the math for how many magic waves and days/hours get mentioned it might actually break the timeline.
Content Warnings
Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Classism, Confinement, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Torture, Toxic relationship, War, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual content, Slavery, Stalking, and Vomit
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