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laurajeangrace'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
3.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Blood, Torture, Violence, Child death, Death, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Cancer, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual violence, and Child abuse
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
librarianlayla'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
Dark, fast paced and action packed!
Greek mythology set in the modern world with fantastic storytelling and truly moving Greek tragedy interwoven.
Easy to read and hard to put down this book grips you from start to finish, could easily see this being made into a movie.
Fans of mythology retelling's, strong female characters, dark twists and romantic tension will love this book.
Moderate: Violence, War, Sexual assault, Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, and Terminal illness
rthpr'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
Moderate: Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Pedophilia
kirstenf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death of parent, Child death, Child abuse, Grief, Gore, Blood, Murder, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Physical abuse
Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Suicidal thoughts
lisa_m's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
The writing style was great. This is the first book I've read by Alexandra Bracken and I definitely want to read more! The Darkest Minds has been on my tbr for a while so I'm excited to read that soon :)
The ending was quite abrupt and a bit under explained imo and that's part of the reason my I didn't give it 5 stars. I genuinely enjoyed it but it just wasn't five stars for me.
Edit: After sleeping on it I decided to give it 4 instead of 5.75. There were no real plot twists and everything that was explained I had already guessed before. The things I couldn't figure out on my own weren't explained in the end which left me confused.
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, and War
Moderate: Child abuse
rbircumshaw'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? It's complicated
3.75
The ending however to me felt a little rushed and anticlimactic hence the lower stars.
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Violence
Moderate: Sexual assault
jupiterlee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
I loved the premises of the book but I unfortunately found myself not excited to continue reading or wanting to pick it up again (so much so that it's taken me a few months to finish).
I understand that Greek names can be confusing and back story is needed to have an understanding, but for me one of the downfalls in this novel with the numerous people mentioned. I also found it slightly pointless to mention houses that were extinct and no longer added to the plot other than to make the reader learn another house. So I do think that anyone that reads it will have to prepare themselves to use the diagrams at the front and he character info at the back to keep themselves right.
I did love the fact that Greek gods and mythology were brought into he modern age and it was interesting to read about how they were keeping up traditions or preparations for the Agon. However again I felt at times it was an imbalance were there was too much of a Greek dump or I felt some aspects just did not blend well.
For me it was an interesting take on two very different concepts, but unfortunately it was just a book that I could not get into and have it hold my interest.
Graphic: Murder and Violence
Moderate: Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Rape, Cancer, Child abuse, and Death of parent
abb00'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
3.75
Graphic: Death, Murder, and War
Moderate: Sexual assault, Gore, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Blood
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Genocide, Torture, and Chronic illness
adanceof_inkandpaper'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: Child abuse, Child death, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Gore
deideo'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
3.25
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, and Violence