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jim_jam's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
informative
inspiring
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Wonderful world building! Really enjoyed the subtleties of women being better at magic but still subject to intense sexism and misogyny whilst also having the male character face difficulties because of his gender. Neither underminded the other! didn’t love dar as a character, felt like she needed more fleshing out and some for jake. Ungur and Miss Adams and the dean were everything I wanted though! highly recommend if you want science- magic books without the transphobia/ racism/ anti-semitism that *some* authors apparently can’t write without
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Violence, and War
zombiezami's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
mysterious
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
4.0
Thrilling worldbuilding. It was a little hard keeping a lot of characters apart, particularly Robert's schoolmates at Radcliffe. I also found it odd that basically all wars happened at the same time for the same reasons in this timeline as in ours, even with the concept of empirical philosophy being in place. The magic system reminds me a lot of alchemy in Full Metal Alchemist.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Death, Hate crime, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Violence, Murder, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Misogyny, Cursing, Alcohol, Bullying, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, War, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Sexism, and Classism
Minor: Animal death, Slavery, Homophobia, Cancer, Child death, Death of parent, Colonisation, Lesbophobia, and Vomit
Diet talkjfield351's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
I read this book as part of the Dymocks challenge as ‘a book with over 400 pages’. This book was quite interesting. The start was slow-paced and confusing, I kept having to read sections over and over because i could not understand what was happening. the last third of the book was quite different, much more fast paced, very gripping, and less confusing because i was accustomed to the language. I still found some parts toward the end hard to understand, because some things were not said outright and only alluded to. The book finished very strong and I would love to read the next one, but it does lose part of a star for being so confusing. I feel like the plot changed many times, which is something I liked. It went from Robert getting into Radcliffe, then being accepted there, then being allowed to fly, then his relationship with Danielle, and basically just kept developing. It felt like a nice drawn out armchair story. I also did not expect some of the sex scenes but they added more depth to the characters. . It was very very enjoyable and i’ve never read a book where men are oppressed. It was a thoughtful, well written and interesting book! Read 10th-13th jan.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Violence
Minor: Blood, Child death, Homophobia, Pregnancy, War, and Xenophobia
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