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rbradley923's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, and Child abuse
Moderate: Grief, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Murder, Mass/school shootings, and Suicide
Minor: Addiction, Torture, Pedophilia, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, and Rape
vivivi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
We are introduced to a new character of a Psy designation we only peripherally know about, the J-Psy! The Justice Psy (an excellent concept) are another designation that has never really separated themselves fully from the other races, but unlike M-Psy, they, including our protag Sophia, experience the darkest of hells that humanity has to offer. It puts Sophia in a unique position, perhaps even more than Sasha, for being someone who accepts both the good and the bad in the Net. I'll say no more on this topic, but aaahhhh!! So good.
Sophia and Max's story is great, with fun dynamics between them. And Kaleb, hello, I see you are making yourself more and more intriguing to the readers!
There are also some big movements plot-wise, and now Nikita has more page time! She is definitely a woman with secrets, and secrets on top of secrets. Sasha has a scary mother. I'll leave it at that. I love the complexity of Nikita's character.
This book has more focus on enforcement: cops, J-Psy, criminals, and cases. There is a little bit of mystery as the characters work on the case, which is a nice change of pace! I love the hints of change we're seeing in the Psy and the PsyNet. Things are certainly still building up to a crescendo.
Graphic: Sexual content and Violence
Moderate: Child abuse, Murder, Drug abuse, and Abandonment
Minor: Rape and Body horror
brennaa's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Car accident, Child abuse, and Violence
Moderate: Ableism, Blood, Child death, Police brutality, and Medical trauma
crownoflaurel'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
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Kidnapping and Torture
Minor: Child abuse and Child death
just_one_more_paige's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence
Moderate: Blood, Car accident, Forced institutionalization, and Torture
now_booking's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
I liked this couple together. This is an example of two broken people finding each other. Max is perfect for Sophie, and even though Sophie is barely hanging on to her sanity by a thread, she’s still a strong, smart, kickbutt heroine. If there’s anything I didn’t like about this, it was that some of it was a bit to convenient and pat. I didn’t really get the explanation about Sophie’s conditioning at the end. It felt like sometimes people just got skills added to them out of the blue just to have a resolution... it was a little piecey for me in the how it all came together at the end. That said, I did love the ending. I loved that there was limited bickiering and childishness, that the conflicts felt significant. The little notes at the start of each chapter between Sophie and Max were heartbreaking and their relationship was absolutely beautiful. I loved the fellowship interaction between Sophie and her fellow Js and just kind of getting a good sense for the first time of the Psy-Changeling-Human dynamic. This book introduced a lot of interesting dynamics for the future especially amongst the Councillors. Perhaps not everyone’s Silence conditioning is as we thought from the first 7 books. I’m re-intrigued by this series after this book rather than bored like I was with the last book and I look forward to reading the next one.
Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence