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novelyon's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
shoutout to my gilf husband the magus. eugenides may be king of the little peninsula but you'll always be king of my heart ❤
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, and Bullying
Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Pregnancy, and Violence
Minor: Animal death, Blood, Child death, Miscarriage, and Torture
edie_reads's review
adventurous
dark
funny
tense
medium-paced
- 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? No
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture, Ableism, and Violence
Moderate: Death
Minor: Death of parent and Miscarriage
totallyshelfaware's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
mysterious
tense
medium-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
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism and Bullying
Moderate: Death
Minor: Miscarriage and Torture
evanescent's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism and Bullying
Moderate: Miscarriage and Physical abuse
nostoat's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism
Minor: Miscarriage
mariepriwitzer's review
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism
Moderate: Miscarriage, Violence, Physical abuse, and Death
Minor: Torture and Blood
katieconrad's review
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence and Ableism
Minor: Blood and Vomit
luckykosmos's review
adventurous
slow-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
The best parts of the previous books - the strong development of Pheris as the POV character, mixed with Gen's antics and MWT's eternally masterful politics and subterfuge. Seeing what Pheris had to endure was sometimes painful, but knowing how clever he was, and how much Eugenides respected him, was always heartening. My new favorite in the series, and heartbroken it's the end!
Content Warnings
Minor: Ableism
ajparmentier's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This is a fantastic wrap-up to the series. It's split into two "books", the first is much more similar in style and scope to the previous books, the second half is more keyed into wrapping up the whole series, though the two halves are still unified. I love Pheris. It was amazing seeing how a lot of the plot wrapped up and the themes and myths came back. It was a lot darker in tone, though it still had plenty of humor, and was quite emotional. It's written from a historian's perspective, so while it is the last book it is also probably the clearest look we have at all the characters and events of the past books. So much happened, I can't wait to go back and reread this book and the previous books to put the puzzles together.
There are a few things I do wish were different. I wish MWT was just a little more explicit about her queer ships. I don't think they're quite subtext, and certainly I think the one in this book is the most explicit she's been, but comparing the language she uses to talk about the heterosexual couples, it's just a little disappointing that she continues to use the word "friend" to describe the m/m couples, usually. (yes I know she finally used "lover" in this book, though she did still do it in a roundabout way.) I also wish in the later half of the book that Pheris wouldn't let himself bleed into the background in the narration quite so much. In the first half of the book it felt like he was there but just observing, whereas the second half felt like more of it was just a general 3rd person POV. Also there are some loose ends I wish she would've wrapped up, but hopefully she'll have some short stories about those characters and threads, since their inclusion wasn't really necessary to the ending of the book.
There are a few things I do wish were different. I wish MWT was just a little more explicit about her queer ships. I don't think they're quite subtext, and certainly I think the one in this book is the most explicit she's been, but comparing the language she uses to talk about the heterosexual couples, it's just a little disappointing that she continues to use the word "friend" to describe the m/m couples, usually. (yes I know she finally used "lover" in this book, though she did still do it in a roundabout way.) I also wish in the later half of the book that Pheris wouldn't let himself bleed into the background in the narration quite so much. In the first half of the book it felt like he was there but just observing, whereas the second half felt like more of it was just a general 3rd person POV. Also there are some loose ends I wish she would've wrapped up, but hopefully she'll have some short stories about those characters and threads, since their inclusion wasn't really necessary to the ending of the book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Miscarriage
macklin's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
fast-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
I binged this in a day. All the cleverness MWT has brought to her previous books she brings again though I must say it felt more like a inside joke with the reader instead of a mind boggling twist. I am very happy with how everything tied up. Gen remains one of my favourite characters ever written and I cannot wait to reread the entire series. I read this via audiobook and liked Steve West’s narration very much.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Bullying, Miscarriage, and Ableism