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carlyjoann's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
I’ll start with my positive thoughts. I like the main couple together still. I like some of the side characters. Some of the lore is intriguing.
Now for my not so positive thoughts. The lore is confusing and it feels like it changes a lot since the FMC doesn’t know much of it and we learn as she does. The plot is very slow moving. There are so many “reveals” that nothing is surprising and most of them are then “revealed” to be something else entirely pages later. It feels like you can’t trust anything said or done because it could change or be a lie. The characters have the same conversations so many times in this book and they are STILL having the same conversations from Book 1 and 2. Being inside of the FMC head is mind numbing at this point in the series. I want to like her but being in her head is frustrating as a reader.
There is potential for a good story if only the writing was better. It is just so hard to read and enjoy it when the book feels repetitive and slow. All of these books in the series so far could have been hundreds of pages shorter or just combined.
All of the plot twists and changes to what Poppy is and who her parents were was confusing and unnecessarily repetitive.
The ending was so cheap and parts of it felt obvious as the story progressed that I wasn’t very surprised by the twists or by the cliffhanger.
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Child death
chocolateturtle's review
- 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? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, Blood, Murder, and War
Moderate: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, and Death of parent
Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Rape, Sexual content, Vomit, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting
frantically'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? No
4.0
Graphic: Confinement, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and War
Moderate: Infidelity and Sexism
Minor: Death of parent
vettechmama3'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
4.5
Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Sexual content, Blood, and War
Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Torture, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Physical abuse, Terminal illness, and Pregnancy
selestre'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
Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and War
lysstea'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? It's complicated
3.25
Graphic: Sexual content and Violence
Moderate: Child death and Death of parent
Minor: Infidelity, Physical abuse, Torture, and Blood
ghrm'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
3.75
Graphic: Violence and Blood
Moderate: Death and Death of parent
Minor: Confinement and Sexual assault
abicaro17'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
3.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
dr4manrx'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
4.75
Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Murder
prairieraven's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism