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cookiecat73's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
I enjoyed this, but I didn't love it. We have two main points of view, and one or two more which come up more rarely. The main two are Arcady and Everen. I liked Arcady a lot, their backstory was pretty dark but I enjoyed their personality and their motivations were cool and intresting, and it means a lot to me to have a main character who is canonically and openely genderqueer. Everen on the other hand was a superior brat. I know that's on purpose and he does improve and I did like him more by the end, but for the most part I didn't like him or enjoy his povs very much. The world building and plot were mostly just fine, I didn't have any major critisisms, gripes, or things I hated, but I didn't love it either. I guess it's just not completely my kinda book, and that's fine, I still liked it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Confinement, Grief, Violence, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Body horror, Cannibalism, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Classism, Death, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Alcohol, Child death, Grief, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual content, Torture, and Self harm
Minor: Transphobia, Animal death, Drug use, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, and War
norwegianforestreader's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
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? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Gore, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Violence, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and War
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