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therobinjoyce's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Death, Violence, Torture, Gaslighting, Blood, Self harm, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Suicide, and Murder
Moderate: Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Sexual violence, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, and Pedophilia
Minor: Kidnapping
elle_dee'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
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, and War
charlieash'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: Self harm, Suicide, Emotional abuse, and Grief
Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Gaslighting, Torture, and Death of parent
Minor: Homophobia, Pedophilia, and Rape
alexander_pendragon'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
5.0
Graphic: Suicide, Self harm, Emotional abuse, and Grief
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Torture, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Child death, Animal cruelty, and Alcoholism
strange'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
4.75
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, and Suicide
Moderate: Torture, Self harm, Rape, and Pedophilia
nofy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
(lmao no one's gonna read this) Yeah this took me forever to read. Now that I think of it, maybe I should've just DNFed but I guess it was still intriguing enough for me to push through. Lovedd and hated this book at the same time.
This book is SO. SLOW. Like literally where is the plot. 75% in and you've only been running around with Bitterblue in her castle,w hich is really big and very much and very FREQUENTLY described explained, detailed in all its aspects. And there's all these characters that are introduced to you one page after the other and you constantly having to process how and why they're relevant to the story or the world building, or should I say the castle building because honestly I don't think I'll ever be able to read anything with a castle in it for a long time. I'm tired of castles. Also, love interest is so unlikeable from beginning to end. And where is the magic system? Oh yeah there it is, in the last three chapters. Also heavy and triggering content. Was not expecting it to get so dark and disturbing after Graceling and Fire.
But loved Bitterblue's character though. She alone is 2 of my 2,5 stars, this is what real character development is. Also the answers at the end were worth it. Loved the friendships in this story, the characters themselves were all nice, even though if you haven't read the previous installments, they wouldn't make that much sense lol. The political aspects were written so well too. And, as usual, Cashore's storytelling is exceptional.
T'was a decent book, but definitely not one that I would re-read.
Graphic: Rape, Pedophilia, and Torture
Moderate: Suicide
nyssbomb'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
4.75
Graphic: Suicide, Violence, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Death, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Incest, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Torture
etosaurus's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Self harm, and Murder
Moderate: Medical trauma, Vomit, and Pedophilia
amselot'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? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Death, Violence, Suicide, Self harm, Mental illness, Grief, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Vomit
Minor: Rape, Homophobia, and Kidnapping
There is hardly a content warning that doesn't come with this book... Don't read this if you are in a bad place, and I'd also recommend people suffering from anxiety take care while reading this. It triggered several anxiety attacks for me while reading and I was high strung and rattled all the way through. The ending does however tie everything up in a way that is calming and satisfying.betweentheshelves'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
While you can read this book without reading the previous two (I think), there's nuggets of backstory you'll miss. This book really draws all 3 together. I loved being able to see Bitterblue's journey play out, and I was honestly hooked until the end.
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Self harm
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Blood, and Alcoholism
Minor: Kidnapping