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theespressoedition's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Child death, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Death, Murder, Torture, Vomit, and Gore
Severe content warning for drowningkingrosereads'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? No
3.25
The end of the world is nigh. Magically gifted people called the Graced have dominated the upper and ruling classes for several millennia. It’s also been a hundred years since a Prophet lived. Now, a militant group known as the Witnesses led by the Hierophant are planning to eradicate the world of the Graced. The Last Prophet has been found and the Keeper of the Word must protect them. The final prophecy spoken a hundred years ago speaks of three harbingers and they will either bring about or stop the Age of Darkness.
It’s quite ambitious to start off a series with multiple POVs. It’s difficult to get a reader invested into any of the characters when the time is split between 5 of them and then the side characters that interact with each of them. The timelines also got a little confusing towards the end, it was hard to pinpoint whether or not the different POVs were happening around the same time or several days/weeks apart.
I found that I didn’t really care for the characters for majority of the book. It took until about 70% of the way for me to care about Anton. The information dump was also very daunting. I get this is only a trilogy, but there was just so much information being thrown at me. The concept was interesting enough, but it took nearly until the halfway point for me to even care about what was going to happen.
I love politically driven fantasies with multiple POVs and little to no romantic subplot, I also really like YA fantasies, but this one was difficult to say engaged with. I love the concept of it, and maybe in the future I’ll read the next two books, but I’m not rushing to them any time soon.
Graphic: Violence and Xenophobia
Moderate: Murder, Death of parent, Torture, Child death, War, and Child abuse
nicolewhopickedthisbook's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
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Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Blood, Murder, and Vomit
cranereader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief
starlessnights's review against another edition
2.0
Moderate: Blood, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Religious bigotry
bookcaptivated's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Child abuse and Confinement
Minor: Child death, Death of parent, and Suicidal thoughts
malloryfitz's review
3.75
Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence