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micaelamariem's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- 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
4.0
Such a wonderful duology! I highly recommend to all my fantasy readers out there. It helped me learn more about Japanese mythology, dug to the root of belonging and love, had a great morally grey character, gave us betrayal and redemption, and had some epic battle scenes as well. I wasn’t as into this book as the first one but it was still really good! Just slower storytelling, though the writing was still beautiful and vivid and well, gory.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Bullying, Gore, Grief, Racism, Violence, Vomit, and War
Minor: Cursing, Cannibalism, Classism, Confinement, and Colonisation
tearexmama's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
medium-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? Yes
4.0
I really enjoyed this sequel to The Keeper of Night. The characters were changed from the last book in a way that felt realistic for what they had all gone through. The story was unique, while still maintaining the style from the original. If anything, I would say that I enjoyed this book slightly more than the first one. It was a little less dark and a little more hopeful.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Gore
Moderate: Cannibalism, Body horror, Bullying, Colonisation, and Xenophobia
Minor: Vomit
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