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kaiyakaiyo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
i wanted the prince to die from page 10 & the little fucker just persisted! so frustrating
things heated up towards the end but frankly none of it was worth the 300+ page slog to get there.
i found myself rooting for tangerine & lemon’s survival, but ultimately i just wanted to see the prince die & !spoiler! the book delivered on neither of those things. happy the little kid is okay though
Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Death
Moderate: Transphobia and Homophobia
Minor: Misogyny
bxnnny's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Alcoholism and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Animal cruelty, and Gaslighting
Minor: Transphobia
one of the main characters is clearly a psychopath/sociopath and several of the chapters are written in their perspective. i found some of the content to be a lot, particularly if you have dealt with narcissm/abuse in some capacity.eicaxy's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Murder, and Death
Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Kidnapping, and Violence
Minor: Animal cruelty and Child abuse
themoodreader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Moderate: Torture, Blood, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Bullying, Death, Murder, Child death, and Violence
Minor: Child death, Confinement, Torture, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Violence, Blood, and Gun violence
myhomextheroad's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Transphobia, Genocide, and Violence
alexanderjd'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Moderate: Murder, Death, and Violence
Minor: Homophobia and Transphobia
edwardshaddow's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Transphobia
oceanwriter's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
The plot itself is fairly simple — five assassins on a train and a briefcase. I really couldn't tell you much more than that. The characters all blended together for me and I could never remember who was who (and I wasn't invested enough to put a great effort into doing so).
I got more of a heist vibe from this story than a thriller. I think I would have enjoyed the book a lot more if I was better acquainted with Japanese literature. It felt slow yet hectic which was an odd combination, and the names were confusing to me as well. Definitely a situation where the problem is my personal preference rather than the book itself (although I have nothing to compare it to in this genre). If not for this being a book club read, I wouldn't have bothered to finish it.
Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Gun violence
Moderate: Alcoholism and Animal cruelty
Minor: Death of parent, Pedophilia, and Bullying
nyx_belial's review
- 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
4.5
Definitely keep in mind that this doesn't end like the film does but is just as good (if not better!)
Graphic: Murder, Gore, Blood, Death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse
Minor: Addiction, Blood, Alcohol, and Alcoholism
Being a book about Assassin's, expect related topics to that to happen in the book -especially as there's 5 of them stuck on a trainggcd1981'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? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Physical abuse, Torture, Gaslighting, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Death, Gun violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Grief, Murder, Violence, and Bullying
Moderate: Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Blood, and Stalking
Minor: Misogyny and Pedophilia