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tays_books's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Violence, Murder, and Misogyny
Moderate: Sexual assault, Death of parent, Cursing, Terminal illness, Cancer, Child death, and Sexual violence
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief
captdummy'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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Violence and Murder
Moderate: Vomit, Terminal illness, Blood, Torture, Child death, and Pedophilia
Minor: Sexual violence
sofiedegier's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Minor: Sexual assault, Death, and Blood
_ohheyisabella_'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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: War, Death, Murder, Child death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Medical content, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexism
Minor: Cancer
ellenisntcool'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? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Blood, Rape, Death, and Gore
Moderate: Cancer, Pedophilia, and Suicide
serotonone's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
Would have DNF'd if it wasn't for my buddy read.
Graphic: Gore, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Violence, Torture, Sexual assault, Sexism, Terminal illness, Cancer, Gaslighting, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Murder, Child death, and Death
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship
Minor: Vomit
rodes'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? No
3.0
Graphic: Blood, Child death, Violence, and Death of parent
hannah_steven'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? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Murder, Blood, Child death, Death, Violence, Gore, Death of parent, and Sexism
Moderate: Sexual harassment, Cancer, Terminal illness, Sexual assault, Rape, and Grief
mpbookreviews'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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Violence, Torture, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gore, Death of parent, and Grief
reebeee'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? Yes
3.25
Similarly, while the novel tries to make some feminist statements about Greek myth and the present day, the narrative keeps accidentally undermining them: women are consistently unreliable,
The beginning was mostly clunky explosion and info-dumping, and the ending was somewhat abrupt, though it did create a satisfying end to the characters’ development.
And, though it’s not likely to bother anyone else, the book has a fundamental misunderstanding of how oaths work in oath-reliant societies:
In conclusion, an entertaining read with some characterization flaws and some cracks in its overall message. Athena is my fave.
“Athena did nothing wrong. Prove me wrong”
“Brutally killing Lore’s entire family was pretty over the top.”
“No it wasn’t”
Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Murder, Gore, and Child death
Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual assault, and Animal cruelty