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natashalg'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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Physical abuse, Torture, War, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death and Death of parent
Minor: Chronic illness, Grief, and Bullying
janchamp's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Death, Violence, War, Torture, Animal death, and Grief
As part of training, students undergo faux kidnapping and torture.hihicass's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, War, and Grief
Moderate: Animal death, Stalking, and Violence
ellavlind'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
3.0
Graphic: Physical abuse, Murder, Violence, War, Death, Torture, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
laramarshall's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent, Violence, Torture, and Physical abuse
Moderate: War, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
sierraclimbs's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
It wasn’t terrible & I’m invested enough in the story to read the next one… but in this one… the characters became insufferable & repetitive!
They were just SO whiny & about the same f***ing issue over & OVER!
I also felt that the last book let you discover things at the same rate as the main character, but in this book she would figure stuff out & because you as the reader have zero context for what the explanation could be you just end up listening to her be like “oh gods…” with no empathy…
Also, same complaint as last book with all the sex scenes. How can two people be so horny ALL the time!? I’m also not a fan of the “you’re mine” declarations every two sentences. It’s not hot, just unhealthy.
Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual content, War, Violence, and Torture
Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Blood, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Grief
therealslimkatie'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, Death of parent, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, War, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Vomit
syvanahlouise'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
4.75
Graphic: Violence, Torture, War, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Sexual content, and Murder
Moderate: Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Abandonment
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