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noellegrace8's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I do not factor audiobook narrators' performances into in my overall star rating of a book, but I would give Rebecca Soler a 4.5/5. She did better with this one than the last, with a bit more variance in her emotion, although it still drones or falls flat in parts. Her accents were quite good, actually allowing me to know who was talking when. However, I started to wonder why Scarlet has a French accent (typically, though sometimes Soler forgets to use it) but Kai, for instance, has an American one even though he lives in New Beijing.
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Blood, Violence, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Classism, War, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Ableism, Colonisation, and Grief
Minor: Genocide, Mental illness, Vomit, Child death, Rape, Sexual content, Child abuse, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Medical content, Torture, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Confinement, Gaslighting, Suicide, Addiction, Alcohol, Misogyny, Stalking, and Toxic relationship
The items I included in "Graphic" are mostly due to violence throughout the book related to themes and characters. This second book contained much more of that than the first. Items in "moderate" are either thematic in occurrence or are detailed enough to warrant more than a brief warning. I did want to explicitly inform the potential reader about my sexual violence/rape warning: it is only threateded/mentioned once in nongraphic terms. It never actually happens/happened.ayah_reads's review against another edition
3.5
I enjoyed this, the second half to final third was great, things picked up speed, the plot thickened, reveals happened, and I'm keen for where the plot and character arcs are going.
I liked Scarlet and Wolf and thought Wolf's whole character was a very clever tie into the original red riding hood story.
My biggest issue is that the first half of the story took so long to pick up things up, like I still enjoyed it and kept reading but it was like alright like we're not going anywhere with this?? Things are just kinda basic?? The blurb also made it sound like Cinder's story line would cross into Scarlet's WAY sooner than it actually did.
Whilst Scarlet and Wolf are cute and have interesting dynamic, I think it would have hit much more if the first half spanned so much more time, like at least a month, so that way it builds the relationship to make the betrayal and everything that follows land more. Whereas now it's like awww but like do I really buy it??
Regardless, keen to start the next one!
Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Gore
christygsp's review against another edition
3.0
I still enjoyed the book over the whole, we are still following Cinder and her journey, introduced to Scarlet and they are thinly linked. New characters from last book that I didn’t mind. We are still waiting for the story to conclude in the next book, and even though it’s a series, I find it frustrating we don’t have anything much in terms of resolution at the end of each book.
Moderate: Violence and Gore
Minor: Torture
modernhobbitvibes's review against another edition
2.25
Graphic: Murder, Body horror, Death, Medical trauma, War, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Confinement, Medical content, Blood, Death of parent, and Grief
Moderate: Physical abuse, Slavery, Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, Gore, and Torture
Minor: Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment
20 year old flirts with 16 year old, mind control,caeliaucoin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Gore, Death, Murder, and Blood
Moderate: Confinement, Grief, and Kidnapping
hours_of_blue'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
4.5
Moderate: Torture and Gore
amschelly153'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? It's complicated
4.5
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Death, Abandonment, War, Death of parent, Violence, Grief, Gore, and Blood
thumbeleia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Blood, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Vomit, War, Abandonment, Ableism, Classism, Death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Slavery, Torture, Xenophobia, Gaslighting, Genocide, and Injury/Injury detail
bean_7088's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Kai is still annoying, I don't understand him or his decisions.
While I am a but of a sucker fo the more awful abusive relationship garbage, especially possessive wolf boys, I have less patience for it now, especially books directe at teens. It’s bad. If a boy is like Wolf, get him into therapy, don't become his "Alpha female" 🙄
Scarlet was pretty annoying with the "omg I wanna kiss you 💋 😘 "
I loved Thorn. Cinder was mostly better, and I missed Aiko.
As eye rolly as it is, I would have adored this in high school. And it is fun.
Can't wait to get through the books I wanted to read years ago 😅
Oh also, gay wolf's apparently don't exist in this world.
Graphic: Gore, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Violence, Domestic abuse, Death, and Gaslighting
kagehime's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Murder, Gore, and Death
Moderate: Medical trauma and Fire/Fire injury