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ericaco0's review
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Animal death, Physical abuse, Torture, Death, and Body horror
Minor: Cursing and Injury/Injury detail
squids_can_read's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
The world-building in this book is amazing. The world is expansive and well thought through. The history is interesting and so is the religion. I will say that I am a little confused about how the Crown works but that didn't detract from my enjoyment of the book.
However, I think this book was lacking in the character department in a strange way. I thought that there were too many characters that we got points of view from. If they were just mentioned I think it would have been better because it would have been easier to keep track of them all. With all of the different characters, I felt that it was really hard to understand any of the characters' motivations. It was hard for me to connect with any of them.
Overall, this was an extremely interesting fantasy and I'm excited to read more in this world.
Graphic: Violence, War, Gore, Animal cruelty, Torture, Death of parent, Murder, Blood, Death, Pregnancy, and Bullying
Moderate: Incest
maregred's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Animal death, Gore, and Torture
Moderate: Violence, Slavery, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Classism, Stalking, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Infidelity
Minor: Sexual violence, Pregnancy, and Child death
dips's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Violence, and Torture
Moderate: Slavery, Grief, Bullying, and War
booksandteas's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Blood, Gore, and Torture
readwthsam's review
- 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? No
3.25
albeit i did like the cast of characters, i feel as if there were a tad stereotypical (?) and the pov switching was a little distracting and hard to keep up with in the beginning, which then made it quite difficult to catch on to what the main conflict was. however the overall plot itself was interesting
undecided if i want to read the second book later this year
ps: also i read this for a school project hence why i dragged out how long i read it lol
Graphic: Violence, Animal death, and Torture
Moderate: Death of parent, Slavery, Ableism, and Bullying
Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Alcoholism
fenemiestolovers's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Classism, Pregnancy, Ableism, Child death, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Torture, Violence, and War
Moderate: Incest, Injury/Injury detail, and Abortion
Minor: Sexual violence, Vomit, Fatphobia, Sexual content, and Rape
schnaucl's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
The beginning of the book was especially compelling. The set up with Nyx, her school and family was interesting and richly drawn. I was definitely the most interested in her story, although Kanthe's story was also compelling. I was less interested in Rhaif, but perhaps he'll grow on me. The bats were fascinating, and the jungles were richly drawn.
I will also say I'm not a huge fan of alternate fantasy spellings (let's add some extra y's to words!). Fortunately it was mostly, though not entirely, confined to the "quotes" at the beginning of the sections which read like fantasy old English.
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Torture, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Death of parent, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Slavery, and Child death
Minor: Alcoholism and War
bookswithjk's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Torture, War, Violence, and Death
pvbobrien's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Graphic: Child death, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Medical content, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Sexual violence, Ableism, Slavery, Murder, Gore, Grief, Bullying, Animal death, Child abuse, Alcohol, and Animal cruelty
Minor: Death of parent and Rape