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ka_ke's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- 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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Violence, War, Grief, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Colonisation, Cursing, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Body shaming
Minor: Classism, Abandonment, Pregnancy, and Gore
whatbeccareadnext's review against another edition
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
2.75
I've really been enjoying this series up until now, but I just felt a bit disappointed by this book.
It was really long for a book that mostly felt like filler for the story. There was very little plot or character development, and we didn't learn the answers to pretty much anything from previous instalments.
I felt like this book could have benefited from dual POV. Since all of the action took place from Aria's perspective we lost so much time with Knox and the others. I understand that the author wanted us to feel surprised by learning what had happened at the same time as Aria, but it just felt like we had skipped over some major stuff that we should have been present for as a reader.
It also annoyed me endlessly, and this is purely my opinion, that Aria kept on telling us about songs she was hearing in her mind or even projecting out loud. It made me really disconnected from what was happening.
It was really long for a book that mostly felt like filler for the story. There was very little plot or character development, and we didn't learn the answers to pretty much anything from previous instalments.
I felt like this book could have benefited from dual POV. Since all of the action took place from Aria's perspective we lost so much time with Knox and the others. I understand that the author wanted us to feel surprised by learning what had happened at the same time as Aria, but it just felt like we had skipped over some major stuff that we should have been present for as a reader.
It also annoyed me endlessly, and this is purely my opinion, that Aria kept on telling us about songs she was hearing in her mind or even projecting out loud. It made me really disconnected from what was happening.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Sexual violence, Blood, Death, Sexual content, and Violence
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Child death
condls27's review
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
This series a mess. A mess I’ll keep reading until the end but a mess all the same. The magic system makes no sense- the rules change all the time. It’s also incredibly repetitive. Characters are constantly recapping things that just happened sentences ago. Not to mention the pages long inner monologues that just say the same thing over and over and over. I swear if I read the phrases “bare bones”, “do I need to draw it for you in crayon” and “fuck around and find out” one more time I might launch myself into space.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexual content, Gore, Torture, Misogyny, and Pregnancy
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