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zoec24's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
The book was great and the character development was excellent. It had a lot of action and character development.
The main drawback was how dark it was, especially in terms of mental health-a lot of trauma occurs for the characters.
My main problem with the plot was the sheer amount of power had by the Living Cosmos faith. It was kind of weird, because who would agree to this??? Creating a staff that controls your entire palace with a thought-interesting, but where did you get the idea to require approval from the Living Cosmos vicars? Also the fact that there is a guy who is just happily living in a black hole while knowing what is happening with time everywhere else is weird. . I still enjoyed it lots, but it just felt weird.
In terms of character development, I feel sorry for practically everyone. I'm expecting a redemption arc for Tyrus. I really want Neveni to recover instead of ending up as another person who wants to manipulate Nemesis because you can understand where she's coming from and she really does care for her.
The main drawback was how dark it was, especially in terms of mental health-a lot of trauma occurs for the characters.
My main problem with the plot was
In terms of character development, I feel sorry for practically everyone.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Death, and Addiction
Minor: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, and Genocide
scribblesandsuch's review
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
Holy shit dude, this was incredibly intense and the plot truly does not give you any reprieve, I would deeply have loved to come up for aur but you just keep getting clocked in the head by things going wrong. I do wanna read the next one tho
Content Warnings
Graphic: Genocide, Addiction, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
mangocorpses's review
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death, Genocide, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Addiction and Alcohol
saoreads's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
It made me laugh, made me mad, made me mad, made me mad, and made me mad. I've come to accept the sick dynamic the story was going through so much plot twists and when I force myself to hate the characters, I couldn't and maybe that was what made me mad. At some point all their actions justified one way or another though it felt a pang on the chest that it had to come to that point of going back to forth with becoming enemies to lovers to enemies to lovers to enemies. The steering message it really aims to pull was finding your own self and owning it up without anyone to decide for you, it was forcing you to change. Reminds me of a Phoenix rising out of the ashes, typical, but I guess it existed for a reason.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Confinement, Gore, Grief, Murder, Torture, Violence, War, Abandonment, Death, and Deadnaming
itsbronze's review
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Violence, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Genocide, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Death
Moderate: Blood, Bullying, and Classism
Minor: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Cursing, Gore, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Torture, and War
aimeereads's review against another edition
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.25
- i regret every single second i spent on this book and on it's previous installment
- cannot express the sheer frustration
- it tries its hardest to build on the flimsy ass foundations from the first one so of course it all falls apart
- a literal drag
- the main romance is completely unfounded, it's just like why? what is the reason??
- they have absolutely no reason to be attracted to each other, or to even trust each other at this point, they're just 2 stupid fucking hets so why don't we throw them together in a weird semblance of a romance
- the characters are so flat please, they don't have character, or personalities, they're just names on a piece of paper at this point
- also where are the fucking content/trigger warnings??
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Slavery, and Violence
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