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katievallin'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
5.0
Graphic: Cursing, Violence, War, Physical abuse, Slavery, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Police brutality, Blood, Bullying, Drug use, Murder, and Death
Moderate: Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Medical content, and Trafficking
Minor: Vomit, Torture, Addiction, and Death of parent
nolalee'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? No
4.0
Graphic: Death, Murder, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, and Gun violence
Moderate: Sexual content, Trafficking, Vomit, Drug use, and Medical content
kristinv20's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Death, Gun violence, and Violence
Minor: Vomit
whatjasread'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
• I adore Paige and Arcturus and the entire gang
• I think I cried twice which surprised me
• bit info dumpy at the start but gradually improves once the action starts
• don’t know if or when I’ll get to the next book but I won’t rule it out!
TWs: blood, child death, vomiting, gore, gun violence, kidnapping, medical content (inc. needles), drugging, murder, sexual assault, slavery (inc. master/slave relationships), torture, violence, xenophobia
Graphic: Murder, Child death, Gore, and Blood
Moderate: Vomit, Torture, Violence, Physical abuse, Medical content, Sexual assault, Slavery, Kidnapping, and Gun violence
Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Xenophobia
nexelle's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Slavery, Trafficking, and Vomit
booksthatburn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I wanted to read a slow burn fantasy novel, something I could pick up and put down over the course of at least a month and not worry about getting confused or missing plot points because I'd taken breaks to read other things. This fit my needs perfectly and I loved it! The pacing is excellent, starting by dropping the reader into Paige's world just as everything is upended, tossing her into a setting that's a strange for her as it is for the reader, then watching as tiny pieces shift until things are set for the very dramatic conclusion. I believe every minute of her six months in this strange place, the text perfectly conveyed the kind of sameness that comes from the monotony of always being in danger, but with her concerns and situation changing subtly so that I was never bored as a reader. It took at least a hundred pages to feel like I know this world, but now I feel it in my bones, settling in through a hundred different moments and tense exchanges, held together by Paige's thoughts of home and worries of her captors. The timeframe also meant her magical training and new skill felt realistically hard-won as the book progresses.
Paige talks so much about the friends she left behind that by the time they're specifically relevant to the plot it feels like I know them already. At first it felt odd to get so much info about people I didn't know if I'd ever see, but how much Paige cares about them and thinks about them informed my understanding of her and how she sees her place in this corner of the world.
I loved this and I'm planning to read the sequel!
Graphic: Xenophobia, Death, and Murder
Moderate: Vomit, Medical content, Blood, Gun violence, Violence, Slavery, and Torture
Minor: Child death
CW for major character death.lovelanie'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
4.75
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Police brutality, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Genocide, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Vomit