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aviery'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
Graphic: Blood, Death, Child death, and Violence
Moderate: War, Sexual assault, Sexism, Murder, Misogyny, Rape, and Injury/Injury detail
senseioftheinternet's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Violence, Suicide, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Gore, and Death
Moderate: War, Sexism, Body horror, Terminal illness, Grief, Murder, and Death of parent
Minor: Vomit
readwithria'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? No
3.5
I love a mythology retelling or reimagining, and that’s what I thought Lore would be. Instead, it was a giant game of hide and seek with a couple of Greek gods and multiple McGuffins. This was more of a thriller through a filter of mythology instead of what I was hoping it would be.
I think that part of the problem was the pacing. I found the first ~60-70% to be kinda boring. Once we got to the climax it definitely became more interesting, but unfortunately there wasn’t enough time given to the resolution for that climax to feel impactful. Part of that is because this book takes place over seven days, and that’s not very long, but there’s a lot of exposition and expository monologues.
Another issue I had was with the romance subplot. I did not feel any chemistry between the two love interests until the very end of the book. The pining between two secondary characters was more compelling for me. Honestly, Miles and Van are the two most interesting characters and we don’t spend nearly enough time getting to know them.
All in all, this book was fine. It did what it set out to do, I’m just not convinced that what it set out to do was particularly interesting. 3.5 stars.
Graphic: Murder, Violence, Blood, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Kidnapping, War, and Sexual violence
Minor: Fire/Fire injury
wadebittleston's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Gore, Violence, Sexism, Murder, Misogyny, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent
pagesbycaroline's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Murder, Gore, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Child death
Minor: Gore and Pedophilia
anhe's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
It was much more violent than I expected. There are a lot of graphic fight scenes and deaths.
The ending felt a bit rushed and abrupt.
Graphic: Blood, Child death, and Violence
Moderate: Murder and Grief
Minor: Sexual assault
cllaireisabella'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
4.25
Graphic: Murder and Violence
Moderate: War
Minor: Rape
hollyheartless's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Murder, Blood, Death, and Physical abuse
Minor: Sexual assault, Rape, and Terminal illness
kacibookishkingdom'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: Sexual assault, Cancer, Death of parent, and Murder
cassy_smith's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Sexism, Death, Violence, Suicide, and Misogyny
Moderate: Death of parent, Pedophilia, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Body horror