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nightstitch96's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Body horror, and Violence
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Gun violence
Minor: Animal cruelty and Suicide
pepper_mind's review
- 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
2.75
Moderate: Suicide
caebrown's review
- 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
4.5
Minor: Suicide
jessereadsthings's review against another edition
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Police brutality, Gore, and Body horror
Moderate: Ableism, Homophobia, Xenophobia, Transphobia, Misogyny, Racism, and Sexism
Minor: Animal death and Suicide
augustar14's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Spoiler: The only thing I didn't get was
Graphic: Death of parent, War, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Death, Murder, Violence, Drug use, Gore, Police brutality, Sexual content, Stalking, Homophobia, and Body horror
Moderate: Addiction, Biphobia, Sexism, Suicide, Blood, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Mental illness, Outing, and Suicidal thoughts
theladyjess's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Death, Body horror, Homophobia, and Violence
Minor: Suicide
jakegray's review
- 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
Moderate: Homophobia and Drug use
Minor: Suicide, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, and Transphobia
anxiousnachos's review
4.25
Content warnings: graphic depictions of body horror, violence, blood and gore, homophobia, ableism, suicide, animal death, death, gun violence, addiction, self harm, war
Graphic: Suicide, War, Death of parent, Ableism, Body horror, Violence, Blood, Animal death, Homophobia, Death, Gun violence, Gore, and Addiction
laurareads87's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.75
I feel complicatedly about this one. I liked quite a bit about it: original world-building, well-executed weird, and really thoughtful representation. The system of... magic? science? is interesting and the action scenes are well written. What didn't work for me at all was the pacing -- sometimes scenes felt like they were drawn out longer than they needed to be, while at other times there seemed to be significant jumps that left me wondering if I'd perhaps missed something. All in all: reads like a debut, but a promising one; I'll read the sequel.
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, War, Violence, Biphobia, and Death
Moderate: Addiction and Suicide
caseythereader's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
- I’m not sure I actually know what to make of THE DAWNHOUNDS. It was wildly creative and inventive, filled with compelling characters, action packed, and often confusing as heck.
- I think the author leaned a little too hard into the “drop readers in without explaining the world and they’ll figure it out” school of sci-fi. Eventually I think I got a handle on it, but a lot of it still felt under-explained, especially the mythology of the gods.
- However, I really loved the writing and found it so compelling. I do think I’ll pick up the next in the series when it arrives, because although this book had some issues, I think Stronach is an author to watch.
Graphic: Drug use, Gore, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Homophobia, Suicide attempt, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Murder, Self harm, Suicide, Grief, and Gun violence
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Ableism