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kassidyreads'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
4.0
Graphic: Death and Violence
Moderate: Death of parent, Blood, and Grief
Minor: Child death and Torture
ldenehy'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
4.5
Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Death of parent
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury
ofheartsandaros'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: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Death, and Grief
Moderate: Child death and Death of parent
Minor: Alcohol
mixed_emoticon's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
4.5/5 stars
Highlights:
📚 Trilogy starter
🌌 Based on 1001 Arabian Nights
🪟 Multiple character perspectives
🧭 Adventure
✨ Magic
🔪 Betrayal
💔 Loss
♀️ Woman positive
⚔️ Moderate gore/violence
📖 Possibly better enjoyed as an Ebook (for less distracting ways to define unfamiliar words)
🥲 Sequel doesn't release until February 2024
Moderate: Death and Violence
Minor: Death of parent and Gore
kiwij96'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
4.75
Six of Crows inspired chaptering, with each one written through the perspective of a main character. Heavily inspired by A Thousand and One Nights in the best way. The worldbuilding was gorgeous and descriptive, I loved the characters and the quests. The stories within the story - the history of this fantasy world which shapes and deepens your understanding of characters.
I am one for enjoying when heroic quests go awry and everything goes wrong and good lord did things go wrong for the characters. Many times. Betrayal, heartbreak, loss, pain, old foes, new foes, deceit. It all very much happens in this action-packed story and at times it is brutal.
I am very interested in seeing how this trilogy plays out, however, as this book ended in an interesting way. Not on a cliffhanger as such, but I am looking forward to seeing what happens after this.
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Torture, Death of parent, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
Minor: Alcohol, Cursing, Misogyny, Sexism, and Vomit
theespressoedition's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Violence, Death, Death of parent, Torture, Murder, Blood, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Gore, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury
chaptertraveller's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Overall, whilst i really loved many elements of the book, there was just something missing for me. Maybe it was the writing style, it feels YA in a sense but not in the nicely fast-paced way or in terms of content (I have no idea if that makes sense, like idk how to explain this take??), or maybe I didn't love it as much as I wanted to just because it didn't give me that feeling of 'I need to stay up until 3am reading because it's just SO GOOD' and ended up taking me just over two weeks to finish (double what it usually would).
However, I will probably read The Ashfire King when it releases and if you love these kind of stories, definitely give it a go!
Graphic: Death of parent and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Grief
writteninmagic's review against another edition
3.5
Minor: Blood, Murder, Death of parent, Death, Violence, Alcohol, and Cursing
angeldevoursliterature'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
3.0
Graphic: Murder, Death, Blood, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore
Moderate: Death of parent, Child death, Confinement, Grief, and Genocide
Minor: Cursing
dalek_caan'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
4.75
Graphic: Torture, War, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Self harm, and Violence
Minor: Abandonment and Fire/Fire injury