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ari_bryce'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
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Slavery
Moderate: Sexual violence
joshuahc's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Slavery, and Rape
Moderate: Blood, Racism, and Violence
Minor: Alcohol
An iffy holocaust metaphormidoriika's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Racism
Minor: Sexual harassment
seren'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Sexual harassment, Classism, and War
Moderate: Alcohol, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Racism, Drug abuse, Child death, Gun violence, Ableism, Torture, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Drug use, Death of parent, and Cursing
Minor: Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, and Sexual violence
camoo3032'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
4.75
Graphic: Trafficking, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, and Slavery
Moderate: Violence, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Addiction, and Pedophilia
Minor: Stalking
imaginary_space's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
What I liked:
- The world building - European inspired, plus a fantasy story set (mainly) in a big city, that's a nice diversion from the majority of books in the genre. If you know any more books, don't hesitate to point me in their direction!
- Also, I liked the Grisha magic.
- I like stories about ragtag bands/found families doing things (okay, crime) together.
- It was so well written that I found the plot interesting and wanted to know not so much what would happen next, but how it would happen.
- I started to appreciate Inej and Kaz once I stopped thinking about their age and just embraced how utterly, unapologetically edgy they are. Teenage me would have probably loved them.
- Jesper is quite the cinnamon roll, and I enjoyed him as a character. He was the most believable and most interesting (and layered) of the bunch.
- There was some entertaining dialogue.
What was meh:
- Even though interestingly written, the plot didn't hold any major surprises.
- Nina and Matthias were annoying, even more so because there wasn't ever any real doubt about the outcome. Also, very tropey romance story.
- Yes, growing up in a slum ages people beyond their years. Sure, I get that. But at times it was just too unbelievable, especially with the way they talked sometimes.
- Even more unbelievable that Kaz managed to have this badass mysterious reputation for being a criminal genius when apparently every other major player in that city was an adult. I would have gotten it if the gang members in the slums were all roughly about the same age. But like this it makes very little sense.
- Towards the end, I was pretty annoyed by the twentieth "... BUT they had seen it coming!" surprise. Especially since there was very few foreshadowing.
- There was some pretentious edgy dialogue. It's a fine line.
Overall, I wasn't too emotionally engaged, but I did enjoy it enough to probably read the second book in the series.
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Animal death, Toxic friendship, and Violence
Minor: Classism, Grief, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Torture
itshrewsbury's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
13+
TW/CW: torture, slight gore/ body horror, racism
Moderate: Gore, Torture, Body horror, and Racism
mothica's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Slavery, Death, Gore, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Vomit, Violence, Trafficking, Torture, Racism, Drug use, Alcoholism, and Child death
glen3'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
4.25
Graphic: Hate crime, Grief, Xenophobia, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Genocide, Gore, Murder, and Racism
Moderate: War, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Trafficking, and Slavery
andrikkk'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
4.25
Graphic: Misogyny, Addiction, Blood, Cursing, Deadnaming, Drug use, Gore, Death, Grief, and Violence
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexism, Racism, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Hate crime, Genocide, Torture, and Sexual violence