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klopfer's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.75
aegireads's review against another edition
adventurous
inspiring
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
hell yeah
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: War, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Ableism
justbill82's review against another edition
2.0
Weak entry in the series. A solid 3/5 of the book is the literary version of Goku in the healing tank on Namek, with all the secondary characters being paraded in front of him resolving their storylines in an awkward manner.
argentrabe's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
sahibooknerd's review against another edition
3.0
I didn’t take too long this time to start the third book after finishing the second because A Heart Divided ended on quite a tense note and I wanted to know what was gonna happen next.
I think I enjoyed this book more in first 30-40% on the ships and the remote island. The confrontations between Count Seven Hong, Guo Jing and the Ouyangs was fun to read about and it was interesting to see how the tides kept changing in each of their favor quite frequently. But some of the middle part felt boring because of the whole eavesdropping from a secret room in the inn setting, especially because drastic things kept happening outside and I just couldn’t grapple with Lotus’s reactions. I agree she is playful and doesn’t care about anyone, but she just came across as cavalier of other people’s lives sometimes. I also hated that the good guys kept being good and even helping the bad guys, despite only getting treachery in return every single time - it just felt so pointless if the bad guys were always gonna get the upper hand because the good guys couldn’t comprehend their evil. Yang Kang is ofcourse devious as hell and I pity Mercy for always falling for his charms.
I know there’s only one book left now and I’m very excited to get to the final portion of this story, but I hope the good guys get more smart and don’t fall for the evil ones all the time. I have a basic idea of how the story ends but I am eager to see how we reach there.
yi_hui's review against another edition
adventurous
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
tinycl0ud's review against another edition
4.0
i can believe many things but i must draw the line at the preposterous idea that a BIRD can carry a human being!!!!! anyway this was a very exciting read. it felt good when the horrible man (i won’t specify which) died.
merrrry's review against another edition
adventurous
3.25
Ripped through this one even faster than the last two, but actually liked it less :/
Nothing really happened in this one — they were stuck on the island for a while, then stuck in that secret room for a long long time while every single character found some convoluted reason to appear in the inn of that town for a hot sec and fight each other. I'm surprised that two pretty major antagonists were killed, although it makes sense since both were getting pretty repetitive and their characters weren't really going anywhere. I'm also disliking Yang Kang more and more. He was an immature and selfish git from the beginning, now he's getting more shamelessly slimy. I'd hoped we'd get some character development and internal conflict from him, but guess not. Also, why is Mu Nianci even still here? Girl hasn't done anything of substance in ages.
In the end, I still had fun reading this even though it wasn't as exciting as the second book. I am now trying to figure out the fastest way I can get my hands on the last book.
Nothing really happened in this one — they were stuck on the island for a while, then stuck in that secret room for a long long time while every single character found some convoluted reason to appear in the inn of that town for a hot sec and fight each other. I'm surprised that two pretty major antagonists were killed, although it makes sense since both were getting pretty repetitive and their characters weren't really going anywhere. I'm also disliking Yang Kang more and more. He was an immature and selfish git from the beginning, now he's getting more shamelessly slimy. I'd hoped we'd get some character development and internal conflict from him, but guess not. Also, why is Mu Nianci even still here? Girl hasn't done anything of substance in ages.
In the end, I still had fun reading this even though it wasn't as exciting as the second book. I am now trying to figure out the fastest way I can get my hands on the last book.
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