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katyfayyyx's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Like how do you ruin book in the last 15 pages.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Violence, Torture, Abandonment, and Medical content
Minor: Child death, Domestic abuse, and Alcohol
frantically's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Loved this! It took me so time to get back into the world again but after the ⅓-mark, I couldn't put it down. We get loads of revelations and world building in this and it was all really well done and I was so shocked at some of the twists.
Of course, this is still YA, so all the teenagers have to save the world (aka...one little town) but that was still believable in the story and it made sense for them to be the "heroes".
These kids (and adults, too, let's be honest) are all such queer messes and I love them <3 I still don't get why so many novels have to end in ALL the characters have to end up in relationships but I'm fine with how these ended up.
Such a great duology that I can wholeheartedly recommend!
Of course, this is still YA, so all the teenagers have to save the world (aka...one little town) but that was still believable in the story and it made sense for them to be the "heroes".
These kids (and adults, too, let's be honest) are all such queer messes and I love them <3 I still don't get why so many novels have to end in ALL the characters have to end up in relationships but I'm fine with how these ended up.
Such a great duology that I can wholeheartedly recommend!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Grief, Blood, Gore, and Body horror
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Murder, and Death
Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Death of parent
allisonsmith120's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Body horror, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
kassidyreads's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- 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
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror and Violence
Minor: Domestic abuse
thebookishlifeoflaura's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body horror
thecourtofreading's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Body horror
wordsofclover's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
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? It's complicated
4.0
In this epic conclusion to The Devouring Gray, Justin and May Hawthorne, Violet Saunders, Isaac Sullivan and Harper Carlise have to put all their differences aside to team together to figure out what is happening to their town Four Paths as corruption from The Gray begins to seep from the forest and into the town; affecting the ordinary people.
This was a great sequel to The Devouring Gray, and I loved being back in Four Paths and reunited with the five teenage protagonists. A lot of the teenage drama that was present in the first book isn't quite there in the second as literal life or death moments become more important to worry about. But that doesn't mean we don't get some delicious teen angst and crushes in all the best ways.
I really liked getting a lot more into the minds of May and Isaac in this book as I felt The Devouring Gray mostly focused on Violet, Harper and Justin. May was always an interesting character, as she was always on the outside of the older four and I enjoyed learning more about her and relationship with her brother and her parents. Isaac, I just love, as he is the type of tortured male protagonist that always makes me feel weak - he's dark and sensitive yet gruff and protective and I just loved him, and there were a lot of times in this book I wanted to give him a big hug!
The last few chapters in this book were really good, and gripping and the pace of the action was done really well. There were some fantastically described scenes (Isaac with his destructive power consuming him like fire, Violet and her swarm of trees - plus Orpheus - and Harper and her stone animals).
The epilogue was nice and basic in a way that after such a trippy, wild version of events it had to be but the last bit with May left enough intrigue to really imagine what would be next for everyone.
This was a great sequel to The Devouring Gray, and I loved being back in Four Paths and reunited with the five teenage protagonists. A lot of the teenage drama that was present in the first book isn't quite there in the second as literal life or death moments become more important to worry about. But that doesn't mean we don't get some delicious teen angst and crushes in all the best ways.
I really liked getting a lot more into the minds of May and Isaac in this book as I felt The Devouring Gray mostly focused on Violet, Harper and Justin. May was always an interesting character, as she was always on the outside of the older four and I enjoyed learning more about her and relationship with her brother and her parents. Isaac, I just love, as he is the type of tortured male protagonist that always makes me feel weak - he's dark and sensitive yet gruff and protective and I just loved him, and there were a lot of times in this book I wanted to give him a big hug!
The last few chapters in this book were really good, and gripping and the pace of the action was done really well. There were some fantastically described scenes (Isaac with his destructive power consuming him like fire, Violet and her swarm of trees - plus Orpheus - and Harper and her stone animals).
The epilogue was nice and basic in a way that after such a trippy, wild version of events it had to be but the last bit with May left enough intrigue to really imagine what would be next for everyone.
Content Warnings
Minor: Body horror
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