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venetiana's review against another edition
Not as gripping as the first book (which i LOVED!!), unfortunately. Maybe I'll go back to it at a different time!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Body horror, Blood, and Vomit
Minor: Racism and Gaslighting
ramunepocky's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
3.5
I liked this book a lot and it was a really interesting and different spin on the classic Snow White fairytale. I loved how the title came into play and that both of the perspectives were, in some way, made of Snow and Glass. I enjoyed getting to see both Mina and Lynet’s perspectives, especially how we started with Mina 18 years prior so we could see her back when she lived in the sun and before/as she learned that her heart was made of glass, it made it all the more heartbreaking when she thought that she was incapable of love and incapable of being love, esp when mirrored with Lynet’s chapters where we can see how much Lynet cares for and admires Mina, and how it affected Mina when Lynet learned that she (Lynet) was made from snow and blood to give her life. I also really loved the sweet sapphic relationship between Lynet and Nadia, I loved that Nadia hadn’t rlly set out with the intention to befriend and fall for Lynet as she’d had ulterior motives in getting to know her, but threw that into the wind when she got to know her. I feel like there was a slightly pointless plot line where Lynet ran away to the South and encountered the Magician and then returning again, but alas, what can you do, IG it was important for Lynet’s understanding of what was happening and the decisions she made, but it felt so redundant. ALSO, i feel like the real antagonists of this story were both Lynet and Mina’s fathers because, both of them, for entirely different reasons, were absolutely despicable.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Death, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Gaslighting
megplant's review
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Abandonment
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