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The world building was excellent. The colour coded class system was quite fascinating and the background history put into the colonization of our solar system was really remarkable. Super cool.
The institute itself was a very interesting concept as well, with the different god houses (it was giving the Hunger Games but if they were sorted into 12 different Hogwarts houses and had to fight in teams mixed with a dollop of political espionage, found family, power struggles, and the traumatic brutalities of war)
It felt like watching people (teenagers) create, destroy, and recreate civilization again and again through a hyper speed jump of human history. It was rather epic. I found a lot of the messages it served very intriguing and it was rather fascinating seeing how everything panned out in the end. Lots of really epic twists and turns.
Sevro (aka Goblin) was by far my fav character. He reminded me of my most fav DND character I’ve ever played, Yucky. He was so fun, and such a chaotic, gross, lil rascal. What a cool dude.
Anyhoo! Can’t wait to start the next one and see where we go from here!
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol
Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, War
Moderate: Rape, Cannibalism, Alcohol
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Bullying, Sexual content, Excrement, Grief
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Cannibalism
Graphic: Death, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Murder, War
Moderate: Body horror, Misogyny, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Classism
Graphic: Death, War
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Cannibalism, Murder, Classism
Minor: Cursing
I’m waffling on how I feel about the cadence of the book and its intended audience. These characters are teenagers but they feel like adults. The transformation of Darrow in the beginning is quite graphic too. In terms of cadence, it felt a little quick which wasn’t what I was expecting but I think I liked? It seemed that once Darrow set his mind on taking a fortress, they’d implement the plan within a chapter or so. It kept the book riveting.
Graphic: Torture, Medical content, Murder
Moderate: Sexual violence
Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Genocide, Colonisation
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Sexual harassment