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guessgreenleaf's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Colonisation, Racism, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, War, Death of parent, and Grief
Minor: Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, and Pandemic/Epidemic
pelb's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- 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
I really wanted to like this book, but it just wasn’t it for me. I’m a huge attack on titan fan, so I thought this book would be great since it’s an similar premise. Unfortunately it’s a little too similar in some aspects. This is like if attack on titan was a book, and it was way more boring and predictable. The plot was interesting but as I said, unoriginal, which I would have been able to get past if the characters were better. Sadly, the characters were my biggest problem with this book. They were so one dimensional and bland that I didn’t even care what happened to them. I couldn’t connect with them at all which made the story uninteresting. They all had literally no individual personalities, which was very disappointing. There were definitely good aspects of this book, like the prose was very beautiful and it had great diversity and representation. But overall, to me it’s flaws out way the positives, so I wouldn’t recommend it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, War, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence
fictionaladventures's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
This was SO GOOD! Perhaps the best prologue I’ve ever read? When I got home from work after starting it, I had to read the prologue to my mom because it was so perfect. And the story didn’t ever lag from there. It was unique and completely captivating. The Ghosts remind me of a mix between the monsters from The Last of Us and Game of Thrones 👀
Content Warnings
Graphic: War, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Death of parent, and Gun violence
vaniavela's review against another edition
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- 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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Murder, War, and Racism
Moderate: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence
heidibooks's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- 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? No
4.0
Would you do everything in your power to fight for your nation? I truly feel for Tamlin and her internal struggles throughout this book. I love how she was able to use sign language as a strength. Marie Lu did a beautiful job at writing this book. I cared for the characters and enjoyed getting an understanding of their strengths and weaknesses in ways that I did not anticipate.
There are so many similarities to our current world to the one Marie created. There's always someone in power who wants more and will do anything at all costs.
There are so many similarities to our current world to the one Marie created. There's always someone in power who wants more and will do anything at all costs.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Classism, Murder, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood
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