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defectivedetective'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: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death, Blood, Murder, Gore, and Body horror
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Cannibalism, Cursing, Terminal illness, and Cancer
Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicide, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Sexual content
marynograce827's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Violence
Moderate: Gore
Minor: Sexual content
wogslandwriter'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
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Confinement, Bullying, Chronic illness, Blood, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Murder, Self harm, Cancer, Cannibalism, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Sexual content
kkocik's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore
Moderate: Murder, Suicide, and Violence
Minor: Death of parent, Cursing, Sexual content, and Terminal illness
vayudev's review against another edition
Graphic: Sexual content
belladonnashrike'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
2.75
there were a lot of characters but I didn’t find it difficult to keep up with them once I learned all the names. the way muir was able to have so many characters and not have it be confusing as hell is beyond me. loved harrow, gideon, camilla, magnus, palamedes, and
however, the dialogue (and the humor) was just not great - everything minus the dialogue is good. I did get used to it as time went on but a lot of the lines (especially from gideon) were corny and were mismatched to the narrative tone outside of the quotation marks. this was such an issue for me at the beginning that it took me awhile to really get into the book - once I did, I really liked the story but that didn’t come to be without express effort on my part. there’s a way to balance humor and good writing and the balance unfortunately was not present in this book. “that’s what she said” & “haha tiddies” type of jokes really were just in abundance for no reason…idk it’s just not my cup of tea.
I do think that the story itself does make up for the poor dialogue (just barely) and I will be continuing on with this series. I just wish it was written differently. I think I wouldn’t have this critique if I read this at like, fourteen or fifteen though. I know it’s not YA… but the writing seems very young.
I just really wish muir took the time to describe the world they’re in. leave the plot a mystery!! but not the setting. it’s just very disappointing because the concept is soooo cool.
can’t decide on a rating. the dialogue + repetition of certain words (cough nonplussed cough) that should’ve been caught w drafts/editing … it really threw things off for me. I really like the story itself so i’m conflicted but i’ll come back to this.
Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Death
Moderate: Cursing, Cancer, Vomit, Death of parent, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicide
Minor: Sexual content
larvaldecay'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
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Gore, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, and Blood
Moderate: Cursing and Violence
Minor: Sexual content
There is no explicit sexual scenes within the book, but there are mentions of pornographic magazines as a running gagpanthalassa'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, Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Moderate: Abandonment, Cannibalism, Classism, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and War
tarynlannister's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Child death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, and Death
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Bullying, and Xenophobia
Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, War, Sexual content, and Emotional abuse
apersonfromflorida's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Blood, Death, Body horror, Gore, and Violence
Moderate: Death of parent and Child death
Minor: Sexual content