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diana_raquel'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
4.0
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Violence, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Blood, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, and War
Moderate: Child abuse, Suicide, and Trafficking
pocketspoon's review
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
Graphic: Bullying, Classism, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Murder, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Slavery, Suicide, Trafficking, and Kidnapping
2blueshoes's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
1. pacing is slow for most of the book, but there is enough complicated intrigue and weird world building to keep you reading.
2. It does not feel like a story or world that I have read in fantasy before, and that’s hard to do. I enjoyed that.
3. Romance is basically non-existent in this book, but it does feel like a very long and elaborate set up for future romance in other books maybe? If anything this is really a political intrigue book with a very subtle romance subplot. If that’s your jam, you’re going to love this.
4. The person I am fairly sure is the future hero is A LITERAL ASSHOLE for 99.9% of the book. Like zero redeeming qualities, not even described as attractive? If you aren’t patient with very long redemptive arcs for characters, or if you can’t tolerate not knowing who the true love interest is, maybe skip this book.
5. The heroine feels really young and also not particularly moral??? Like she is decidedly not justice-motivated. She seems really immature and self interested at times. This makes for a surprising read if I’m honest and I think we will watch her develop a lot in the books. This book feels a bit like a prequel somehow?
6.
7. I would have given up on this book entirely if it wasn’t for some really surprising shit that goes down around the chapter 26 mark that had me WTF-ing all over the place. It’s like it suddenly turned into the book I wanted it to be. The last four chapters are, in my opinion, amazing. They had me on the edge of my seat. I hope they reflect what future books will be like.
Oh, final thought: I think listening as an audiobook kinda made this book worse for me than it was, because the narrator didn’t do distinct voices for the characters, and it made it really confusing. Would recommend reading it as a book.
Lots of content warnings on this one.
Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, Blood, Death, Slavery, Toxic friendship, Trafficking, and Violence
Moderate: Kidnapping, Alcohol, Bullying, Classism, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Suicide
Minor: Body shaming, Dysphoria, War, Ableism, and Vomit
polarpenguin'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? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, Bullying, Death of parent, Suicide, Murder, Slavery, and Violence
Moderate: Racism, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Vomit and War
sop17hie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
3.0
Graphic: Gore, Slavery, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Violence, and Murder
Minor: War
n0elle's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Pregnancy, Slavery, Blood, Domestic abuse, Violence, Abandonment, Body horror, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Trafficking, Classism, Drug use, Grief, Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, and Murder
bloopyfloopy's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Bullying, Classism, Murder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Misogyny, and Injury/Injury detail
druzyquartz'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
4.5
Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Slavery, Bullying, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
Minor: Incest, Alcoholism, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, and War
blackheart's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Moderate: Slavery, Blood, Murder, Suicide, and Trafficking
matcha_pages's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Murder, Violence, Death of parent, and Death
Moderate: Slavery
Minor: Trafficking