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silversparkles50's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Death, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Animal death, and Violence
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, and Suicide
cecilielaugesen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
While all the information was incorporated beautifully into the story, it still felt a little more like an information dump than the first one.
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Bullying, and Death
Moderate: Murder, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Torture
Minor: Abandonment
aseel_reads'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
3.0
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Religious bigotry, Death, and Death of parent
cassie7e's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Faves:
- Love the dark matter element making this 2% sci fi
- CATS! Will's affinity for them means we get to see them a couple times
- I still do not know who to trust, or if any side besides the children's is good
Critiques:
- Pacing was slow so it took forever for anything to happen
- Lyra's deference to Will felt jarring after the strong personality established in book one
- The world seems to be congealing around one real God figure and only considers judeochristian mythology in the formation of theology and universe, which is just not that interesting to me
- VERY dark for a children's book; then again I read a lot of dark things as a kid and they went over my head way more than they do for me now as an adult who knows what to feel about dark events
Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Animal death, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Blood
Moderate: Suicide and Torture
Minor: Murder and Kidnapping
thehobbitbarbie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Minor: Blood, Child death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Gun violence, Mental illness, War, Bullying, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Classism, Stalking, Cultural appropriation, Death, Sexual content, and Violence
atalea'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
3.5
Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Death
Moderate: Animal death, Death of parent, Suicide, Torture, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: War
gentle_garbage_baby'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: Blood, Violence, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Death of parent and Mental illness
abby_can_read's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
This was an enjoyable good. This book was a little darker. I felt this book was like less focused on character and plot development. There was more worldbuilding. I had difficulty falling the plot lines and characters.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Religious bigotry, War, and Body horror
Minor: Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Kidnapping
jadziaaudrey's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
2.5
Graphic: Blood and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Mental illness, Murder, Torture, Death of parent, Death, Religious bigotry, Violence, Animal death, and Child death
Minor: Kidnapping, Bullying, War, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief
brycestevenwilley's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood
Moderate: Religious bigotry, War, Torture, and Suicide