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relin'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
5.0
Graphic: Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Cursing, Hate crime, Self harm, Outing, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Classism
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, and Xenophobia
linluvsbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Many complex themes are explored and the perspectives of several sides are presented. This is a smart book, more than an adventurous romp (which would’ve been great as well).
I keep telling myself not to fall into any more trilogies but then I return to fantasy and they’re inevitable…
Graphic: Toxic relationship and Blood
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, and Classism
Minor: Addiction, Cursing, Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Self harm, Kidnapping, and War
bookishfaye'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
4.75
🍂 positives:
- I love all of the characters and how complex they are & the dynamics between them all!
- the world is so interesting & vivid & the magic system is so unbelievably cool & unique
- I love where the storyline is going & how this set up the next book is absolutely *chefs kiss*
- I love how easily digestible this writing style was
🍂 negatives:
- the beginning 1/3 of this book felt a tad info dumpy on Ali’s perspectives,
- the pacing throughout the middle chunk of the book did feel quite slow at times & almost took me out of it here and there
Graphic: Death, Gore, Misogyny, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Murder, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Child death, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and War
poppywarphan'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
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Blood, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Slavery, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and War
isleoflinds'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
5.0
Graphic: Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Racism, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Toxic friendship, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Rape, Xenophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and War
Minor: Animal death, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Sexual content, Torture, and Colonisation
macknificent's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I was fine with only reading one of the books until I got to the very end, now I'll need to read the next entry in the trilogy. I'm not mad it's just a rather cliche trick to pull.
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, War, and Classism
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Infertility, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Cancer, Confinement, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, Islamophobia, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, and Religious bigotry
kueki'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: Genocide, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and War
Moderate: Sexism
Minor: Vomit, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment
emilyplun's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I loved the world/setting, but the book overall left me frustrated. The whole story is full of "mysteries," but half of those are the main character just not knowing the basic workings of the magical world or its society, or an event in magical history that every other character is aware of. There are a lot of "who's behind this event?" mysteries too, but it's hard to get into that when the reader is only given a tiny trickle of info about how anything works. The ending was frustrating-- many mysteries weren't solved (which is fine) but a few that were solved weren't satisfying, and then more questions were introduced. I felt like I was drowning in things I didn't understand. As a reader, I wanted to know at least the basic facts that are relevant to a situation (like how x magic works, what happened during x event that everyone keeps referring to), even if the main character doesn't know.
This is really unfortunate since I love the world-building and the basic plotline. I might have to read the plot somewhere and intentionally spoil myself so I can read the sequels.
Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, and Murder
Moderate: Racial slurs, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, and Alcohol
Minor: Rape and War
cameronreads'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? No
5.0
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Torture, Medical content, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, and War
Minor: Addiction, Child death, Cursing, Slavery, and Alcohol
_savannahreads_'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
3.75
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, and Gaslighting
Minor: Rape and Terminal illness