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mailuss's review against another edition
Literally no plot and extremelly boring
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood and Torture
Moderate: Xenophobia
pejahanako's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- 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
I underestimated this book so much. After not hearing a lot about it and having read the Divergent series, I didn't expect anything new or complex from this book- but I was proved very very wrong. The setting of this book is incredibly unique, with some pretty decent world building and a magic system that I can definitely get behind. It actually reminded me a lot of Dune, without the mind-numbing historical elements and overanalyzed scenery. The plot is well thought out and executed and the characters are probably the best part. I fell in love with Cyra and Akos, and their love story, even when you know it's going to occur, is one of the cutest I've read in awhile. I highly recommend it for people who are into light sci-fi and morally grey characters.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Torture
liaavxx's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
this Is my favourite book ever i do not care what anyone says..
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore and Violence
Moderate: Torture
ajboyd_'s review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Classism, Death of parent, Grief, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Violence, Colonisation, Death, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Slavery, and Torture
maralaene's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
- 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
Content Warnings
Moderate: Murder
Minor: Torture
dentoncaswell's review against another edition
hopeful
tense
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture and Self harm
camigy's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- 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? It's complicated
3.0
i picked up this book with no expectations whatsoever and i think that ended up working in my favor. The world building is actually cool, i really like the idea of everyone having a current-gift and it being a reflection of who they are and the life that they lived. Also i rly loved when they traveled to different planets and the idea that a galaxy works kinda like the world where each planet functions kinda like a country and they have laws and bla bla.
Plot-wise it was kinda slow, there was a lot of walking around and showing Akos this new world, which fine whatever show us more about the world, but also something should be happening in the background, right? Then shit starts happening and all i kept thinking was "i've read this before" every single "take down the government" novel is the same as this one, but the world kinda made up for it for me
The characters were fine ig, there's nothing really special about them and i wasn't especially attached, but they were likable, Cyra was one of the very few narrators that didn't annoy the hell out of me half way through the book, Akos was kinda bland and every side character wasn't rly developed so they were j ok
Plot-wise it was kinda slow, there was a lot of walking around and showing Akos this new world, which fine whatever show us more about the world, but also something should be happening in the background, right? Then shit starts happening and all i kept thinking was "i've read this before" every single "take down the government" novel is the same as this one, but the world kinda made up for it for me
The characters were fine ig, there's nothing really special about them and i wasn't especially attached, but they were likable, Cyra was one of the very few narrators that didn't annoy the hell out of me half way through the book, Akos was kinda bland and every side character wasn't rly developed so they were j ok
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, and Violence
Minor: Suicide
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