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badbadwolf's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Slavery, Child death, Gore, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Classism, Colonisation, Genocide, Grief, Murder, Medical content, Xenophobia, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and War
straw_hat_kd'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: Blood, Gore, War, Xenophobia, and Violence
doctormon's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: War, Violence, Gore, and Death
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail
decembermagpie's review
- 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: Physical abuse, Torture, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, War, Animal cruelty, Gore, Grief, Blood, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Violence
Minor: Pregnancy and Vomit
mxkanteven's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Violence, War, and Body horror
Moderate: Religious bigotry, Gore, Death, War, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Miscarriage and Suicide
sipping_tea_with_ghosts's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Body horror, Blood, Violence, Murder, and Gore
ehmannky's review
- 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
5.0
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Graphic: Suicide, Death, Death of parent, Blood, Violence, War, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gore, Colonisation, Child death, Body horror, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Vomit, Torture, Religious bigotry, and Genocide
noraa's review
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Animal death, Colonisation, Cursing, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Pregnancy and Vomit
sugarpal's review
- 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
Not in a bad way, definitely –– as a huge fan of TPW, I actually loved this book, and really enjoyed making note of the parallels. The similarities of the first books (grimdark-dark-dark atmosphere, grisly violence, themes of war and discrimination and colonialism, non-Western cultural focus, and the plot:
I do, of course, have some thoughts about this book on its own. The character work is excellent. Though Winter could easily let Tau stagnate in this book as a blindly raging avenging machine, he instead treats Tau as a human, and makes sure to show his sensitivity alongside his brutality. Tau is very self-centered, but even while stuck in his perspective, I still enjoyed reading about his relationships with his friends, and their development as individuals. (The gay rep?? We love to see it!!!) And especially for a male author, the female characters, few though they are, are strong and well written. Tsiora is my queen and she could step on me any day –– but I love that he also explores her childhood, and the darker sides of her character that anyone but her sister would be blind to. Actually, on the topic of perspective, I wasn't sure how I felt about Winter's fluid approach to POV in the first book (occasionally shifting to side characters, while still mainly staying in Tau's perspective), but I decided in this book that I definitely am a fan due to how he handled Esi and Tsiora. Being in the head of a major player we had never seen, the discomfort of reading her bigotry, and her fresh perspective on the war and on Tsiora were all very well done and added a lot to the story.
Overall, I have a few quibbles about these books –– for example, how Winter's already-few female characters seem to love sacrificing themselves (seriously, they've done that
Graphic: Death, Gore, Racism, and Colonisation
amy_harboredinpages'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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Evan Winter really is so good at the action scenes. I really am so looking forward tk the 3rd book! Gimme gimme!😁📚💞
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Suicide, and Violence