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theseventhl's review
1.0
I'm not sure why I'm still reading this series but I am, and this might be the worst volume yet. I'm not sure what tops the pile: the treatment of Nuriko as a woman only after death, the idea that Yui's assault didn't happen and was only a plot device to get her to hate Miaka, the weird relationship between virginity and importance as a heroine, or the blatant lack of self awareness this series shows in reinforcing the tropes of a woman being ravished (assuming it happened) as a method of subduing her and only finding her self worth again through the love of her hero. Nope nope nope.
raechsreads's review
4.0
The enemy's illusions are coming out and causing the group to doubt themselves.
samiism's review
4.0
The Suzaku seishi bury a fallen comrade and press on with their quest to obtain the Genbu shinzaho. They meet Hikitsu and Tomite, hundred-year-old ghosts who protect the shinzaho from the unworthy.
What follows is a string of bad luck involving a clam, the bedding technique, and Miaka running away multiple times and getting deeper into trouble.
What follows is a string of bad luck involving a clam, the bedding technique, and Miaka running away multiple times and getting deeper into trouble.
ande13's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-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? It's complicated
4.0
Wow… just wow. The story continues to be very engaging, but it’s also getting pretty dark. Nuriko really is dead 😭 Yui wasn’t raped but maybe Miaka was? so much to work out in the coming volumes. Half-way through!
tamikan's review
3.0
In which Miaka is a whiney b, then a total badass, then a complete effing idiot twice. She's really a full spectrum of Chosen One here.
vermidian's review
2.0
Nothing like rape plotlines to make me really loathe a book. I don't remember these as being so problematic.
cristinajune's review
3.0
God, it was so harsh and atrocious, right now I hate almost everyone in this story!!