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kmayn227'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: Violence and War
Moderate: Murder, Death, Death of parent, Sexual content, and Torture
Minor: Medical content, Chronic illness, Blood, and Medical trauma
corrieroe'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? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, Violence, Torture, Death of parent, Death, and Chronic illness
Moderate: War, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Confinement
emilycfox's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
A few things that brought it down from 5 stars for me: Violet and Xaden’s relationship dynamic gets pretty repetitive and frustrating, but I’m hoping that it was intentional and we’ll see growth from them moving forward. I also didn’t like how many times the story jumped forward to the next day or several days / weeks later because I felt like I was missing things (like, did they talk about xyz but we didn’t see it or have they not even discussed it?). I just want to know what happens every minute of every day!! Even the “boring” day-to-day stuff because that’s when we get to see Violet’s friends and learn more about the world :( but I also get that it’s already a long book. Similar to FW, the writing is simply fine — not so bad it ruins the story but also not fantastic (I swear to god everything is measured in heartbeats as if this world does not have any other unit to measure time)
Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Body horror, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Cursing, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, War, Murder, Sexual content, and Torture
Moderate: Ableism, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Animal death, and Xenophobia
christinereads1823'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
4.5
The twist ending seems utterly cruel, and I'm oddly excited to see what the third book does with it.
Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, Blood, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Murder, and War
bcope84'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
4.25
Graphic: Medical trauma, Medical content, Ableism, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, War, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Stalking, Torture, Abandonment, Bullying, and Chronic illness
weecore'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, and Violence
Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture
Minor: Grief, Colonisation, and Cultural appropriation
ekgranstro's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Blood, Violence, Kidnapping, and Torture
Moderate: Chronic illness and Grief
jessthanthree's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: War, Sexual content, Death, Violence, Animal death, and Death of parent
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Ableism, Grief, Gore, Colonisation, Animal cruelty, Torture, Abandonment, Chronic illness, and Confinement
Minor: Alcohol and Vomit
boomwormbrittany'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
The way the ending of this book had me wanting to scream in the car when I listened to it. I know there was a lot of mixed reviews of this book but I absolutely loved it so much. I really loved seeing how Violet's realtionship with her fellow cadets and her relationship with Xaden developed. After the events of the last book I was so interested to see how this was going to develop. I thought that Rebecca Yarros did push a lot into this book but I found that it was pretty easy to follow. It makes me interested to see what the other books will have in store.
I found this to be a satisfying sequel to a book that I really loved. I am so interested to see what is going to happen in the next book.
Graphic: War, Murder, and Chronic illness
krismis90's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Torture, War, Violence, Chronic illness, and Death