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manuphoto's review
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Certainly an interesting and original story. The premise is pretty clever and well executed.
The pacing is good, although it does get a bit repetitive in the last third.
A few of the characters have… history attached to their names, which makes the story more interesting but also challenging.
The prose is clear and enjoyable. Overall, although I wasn’t extremely impressed by it, I quite like this novel and will probably read the next book in the series.
The pacing is good, although it does get a bit repetitive in the last third.
A few of the characters have… history attached to their names, which makes the story more interesting but also challenging.
The prose is clear and enjoyable. Overall, although I wasn’t extremely impressed by it, I quite like this novel and will probably read the next book in the series.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide
Moderate: Rape
mznerdy's review
adventurous
dark
hopeful
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: War
Moderate: Suicide and Rape
Minor: Ableism
bonusturniptwaddler's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This book does a lot of world building and set up for the series, so I would not be surprised if it gets better in the next book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide, Alcoholism, Cannibalism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Murder, and Violence
pearlc's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Slavery, Suicide, and Misogyny
Moderate: Antisemitism and Rape
Minor: Cannibalism and Pedophilia
For misogyny: This book has a very mid 20th century mainstream heteronormative attitude. It's just a component part of the book. For everything else: Nothing is glorified by the text and it is all rightly pointed out to be the terrible things they are. The text doesn't shy away from the darker aspects of the setting, but at the same time it doesn't dwell or reveal in it. I debated the antisemitism tag as it seemed that the book was more interested in exploring the insidious nature of antisemitism than letting the explicitly antisemitic characters have free reign. The middle section of the book does spend a fair bit of time on how someone can be a "good" person and still hold antisemitic ideas and doesn't do it with any subtly. The book is very firmly on the side of Antisemitism Is Bad, but it's also a very short book.
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