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blacksphinx's review
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death
Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and War
Minor: Sexual assault
sherilees's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Sexual assault
There is a scene with sexual-adjacent coercion towards the end of the book. Also a character asks another character to kill them.effy's review against another edition
3.25
I went into this book with such low expectations as it feels like everyone says to skip this trilogy and go straight into Six of Crows.
I ended-up being really pleasantly surprised as we had an interesting cast of characters and a magic system that felt fresh. The only thing that I did not enjoy was the romance between Mal and Alina as it felt forced by also whilst not biologically related, they had been raised as siblings and that just felt uncomfortable.
I did feel somewhat confused by how this series was going to be a trilogy as I was reading because there didn't seem to be enough story for 3 books.
Favourite quote:
I ended-up being really pleasantly surprised as we had an interesting cast of characters and a magic system that felt fresh. The only thing that I did not enjoy was the romance between
I did feel somewhat confused by how this series was going to be a trilogy as I was reading because there didn't seem to be enough story for 3 books.
Favourite quote:
Fine! Make me your villain!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Animal death, Incest, Murder, Slavery, and Rape
mia_luvsreading's review
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Violence
Moderate: War, Blood, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Sexual assault and Death of parent
zhaenya's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
(started reading this right after finishing s&b s2) wow, i really just love grishaverse and everything in it. the netflix adaptation is great and did so many things right (and some things better) but i don't think i realized how much time was actually passing when i was watching the show. here, time really feels like it's moving, but unfortunately they didn't have the luxury to take their time in the show, things just had to keep going. in some cases it was a good thing, in others it really wasn't. i just can't believe it took me so long to actually sit down and finally start reading the books, it's about time.. i have this bad habit of watching movie/show adaptations first before looking for the original. but this time around, i think i don't regret waiting, if i read the books first i feel like i would be a little underwhelmed by some of the things but now the book just provided me more context and showed how things were originally. some things i didn't like, like alina having less agency in her choices (this one is a big one), mal wasn't as bad as everyone described him to be but maybe i just haven't seen all of it yet, so i guess we'll see how i feel about him by the end, i still find him quiet boring though; and some things i liked a lot more here, like having genya around more often and seeing her friendship with alina, and her actually talking about david, and baghra's interactions with the darkling too (now THAT i wish we could've seen in the show more), and just darkling being horrible, manipulative and scary in general, there's not enough of that in the show. other than that, very good! i can love and appreciate both at the same time now and that's exactly what i'm going to do!!
though it will never not be weird to me, as a native russian speaker, to see so many russian names and terms (often misused but that's not that big of a deal, it's a fantasy after all, it just makes me smile)
favorite chapter: 22, it was so satisfying to see alina take control of her own power and use it so save herself and mal, and not just using it but LIKING it, that's exactly what i love to see!
though it will never not be weird to me, as a native russian speaker, to see so many russian names and terms (often misused but that's not that big of a deal, it's a fantasy after all, it just makes me smile)
favorite chapter: 22, it was so satisfying to see alina take control of her own power and use it so save herself and mal, and not just using it but LIKING it, that's exactly what i love to see!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Animal death
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Toxic relationship
Minor: Sexual assault
toshi's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Violence, and War
themiscyra_anna's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual violence, Child abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, War, and Slavery
Moderate: Torture, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, and Confinement
Minor: Rape and Child death
lilylovelace's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Alina is the main character of this book and I quite enjoyed her. I'm usually not really a fan of first person books, but Leigh made it easy for me to get along with it.
As for the the whole book the writing was very enjoyable and it was very easy to get through this book.
I love when books come with "extras" like a map or infos.
The book follows some "typical" YA tropes, so you either like or hate it.
In the end I enjoyed the book and I am excited to read book number two. :)
As for the the whole book the writing was very enjoyable and it was very easy to get through this book.
I love when books come with "extras" like a map or infos.
The book follows some "typical" YA tropes, so you either like or hate it.
In the end I enjoyed the book and I am excited to read book number two. :)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death
Moderate: Toxic relationship
Minor: Death of parent and Sexual assault
i_write_on_occasion's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
A decent read with a really interesting world and magic system. There is a lot of potential for there to be more, but instead the story opts for a very simple story. Despite this, it is enjoyable
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Animal death
Moderate: Gun violence and Toxic relationship
Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual content
raypaws's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Gaslighting, Animal death, Violence, and Death
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Slavery, War, and Murder
Minor: Sexual assault and Death of parent