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luciiee'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
4.75
Graphic: Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Torture, Physical abuse, and Death
Moderate: Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gun violence, and Mass/school shootings
grets_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: War, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Death, Violence, Trafficking, Police brutality, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Blood and Genocide
oliverlang's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, Violence, and Vomit
wiktoria88'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
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Torture, Blood, and Death
eleanora's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Cursing, Trafficking, and Vomit
Minor: Alcohol and Medical content
stwriter92's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
That ending.
Well, not really an ending. So many things happened all at once at the very end of this book and I felt like I was holding my breath throughout my entire reading experience as the stakes seemed to climb exponentially higher with each passing chapter.
I feel like I had to wrestle with my own understanding of and, at times, disdain for the human race and human nature as a whole. Paige herself comes to this realization towards the end, realizing that she "had been naïve. I had thought of Nashira Sargas as purely evil, purely sadistic--but she knew more about us than we did. We had given her the tools to bring us to our knees" (p. 312).
As the good Samwise Gamgee once said, "There's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo, and it's worth fighting for." So it is with Paige Mahoney and the Mime Order. She sees the filth of the world, the true, horrible, disgusting underbelly of humanity, and she still sees something worth saving. I think that this is the difference between Paige and Jaxon (who I still hate so, so, so much). Jaxon views the rest of humanity from a pedestal, looking down on the rest of his species and choosing to side with another in order to keep humanity in line. Paige, however, is the voice of free will. She places more faith in the human race and, in so doing, becomes an emblem and a rallying cry. She becomes everything Jaxon could have been, had he not been overcome by his selfish need to constantly save his own skin.
One could look at Paige Mahoney and see many different things. A fearless queen. A leader of a ragtag group of nobodies. A menace. A savior. A human. A battle cry. Turns out, she is all of the above.
I can't wait to see what happens in the fourth installment of this series!
Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Police brutality, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Death of parent
distilledreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Violence, Xenophobia, and Torture
mikatui's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Blood, Confinement, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Slavery, and Torture
Minor: Physical abuse