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lanid's review
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Confinement, Rape, Animal death, Classism, and Torture
danajoy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Rape
Moderate: Animal death, War, Death, Death of parent, and Torture
thevieira'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
4.75
Graphic: Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Violence, Slavery, Animal death, Death, Misogyny, Confinement, and Torture
Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Lesbophobia, and Sexual content
Minor: Infertility and Bullying
almoore5's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Death, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Classism, Slavery, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and Outing
sammymilfort's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
I liked the authors writing style and the pacing of elements was good, but this book was traumatic and there was little to no reprieve.
I appreciate the author putting trigger warnings before her story to warn readers, but no one tells you how graphic the SA scenes get. I was enjoying the story in the first part (about 100 pages) but then it got to be too much for me.
I felt like many of the characters and world were underdeveloped and the only time I enjoyed this book was during the romance of Lei and Wren
The plot in itself is vague and kind of predictable, but other than that I kept thinking so many times as I read this how can this be marketed as YA?
The amount of times I was deeply disturbed from this book and had to take multiple breaks was astounding because that is how dark and truly horrible this reading experience was for me.
I know abuse is an important part in stories and highlighting it in stories is sometimes needed and important, but with this it felt cruel and unnecessary
I kept thinking to myself how could a teenager read this without being affected emotionally in some type of way. I know if I was still in my young teens I could not grasp or be able understand this in a way I do now, but this book is trauma based and I think it’s important to note that.
This story had so much potential but instead I am getting a therapy session out of this
Please if you are thinking of reading this book- CHECK TW and be prepared for graphic SA of minors and more
TW: Violence, Blood, Body Horror, Branding, Graphic SA and Rape, non consensual, physical and emotional abuse
Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Body horror, Gore, Torture, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence
Minor: Death of parent
I’ve had this book on my radar since I started watching booktok and no one told me how drained I would feel after. I liked the authors writing style and the pacing of elements was good, but this book was traumatic and there was little to no reprieve. I appreciate the author putting trigger warnings before her story to warn readers, but no one tells you how graphic the SA scenes get. I was enjoying the story in the first part (about 100 pages) but then it got to be too much for me. I felt like many of the characters and world were underdeveloped and the only time I enjoyed this book was during the romance of Lei and Wren The plot in itself is vague and kind of predictable, but other than that I kept thinking so many times as I read this how can this be marketed as YA? The amount of times I was deeply disturbed from this book and had to take multiple breaks was astounding because that is how dark and truly horrible this reading experience was for me. I know abuse is an important part in stories and highlighting it in stories is sometimes needed and important, but with this it felt cruel and unnecessary I kept thinking to myself how could a teenager read this without being affected emotionally in some type of way. I know if I was still in my young teens I could not grasp or be able understand this in a way I do now, but this book is trauma based and I think it’s important to note that. This story had so much potential but instead I am getting a therapy session out of this Please if you are thinking of reading this book- CHECK TW and be prepared for graphic SA of minors and more TW: Violence, Blood, Body Horror, Branding, Graphic SA and Rape, non consensual, physical and emotional abusemothman19'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
4.25
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Torture, and Trafficking
Moderate: Blood, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Bullying and Homophobia
cassie12_21'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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Rape
Moderate: Slavery, Torture, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Murder, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Animal death
Minor: Gore, Infidelity, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Death, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Murder
smoochinggirls'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? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Death of parent, and War
Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Outing, Body horror, Emotional abuse, and Animal cruelty
changbinslemonade'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
3.25
Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and War
Moderate: Lesbophobia, War, Torture, Slavery, and Panic attacks/disorders
raiynnn's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, Genocide, Slavery, Torture, Sexism, and Racism
Minor: Emotional abuse