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reasalic's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
wasnโt excepting to cry over davy prentiss but oh the character development. this is in no way a romance book but Todd and violas lil background relationship is everything. not sure how much Iโll enjoy the last book as itโs going to be 100 per cent war, but todd and 1017 better make up at some point
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Violence and Racism
Minor: Sexism and Sexual harassment
mellowreading's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Genocide, Violence, and Sexism
Moderate: Physical abuse, Torture, Abandonment, and Kidnapping
durrareadsstuff's review
adventurous
dark
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
"As to how you'll help me," he says. "Well, we have met the Answer, have we not?" He turns back to look at us, his eyes glinting. "It is time for them to meet the Ask."
A good enough sequel I think. This book is really fast-paced and action-packed it's like bam bam one after the other. I loved it that they included Viola's pov in this sequel. And you can see the difference between her and Todd's pov and Viola's a bit cleaner I must say, in terms of grammar and spelling and so on, but I like them both. It's consistent.
I guess I'm rating this lower than the first book because there are some parts which drive me crazy but actually I liked the ending better. I mean at first, it's just super annoying what Todd was doing, he keeps doing wrong things over and over again and what do you know another love interest is introduced hey heyyy. I can't even decide if I like Lee or not cause he was just come and go, but I kind hated him a little. He was getting in the way of things. And I loved Viola!! ๐ She knew she didn't feel that way toward Lee and she didn't prolong his suffering lol.
I also liked that we got to see how both main characters got their spotlight in this book, and we see their "true potential". Davy got his redemption arc and it turns out he's got some MAJOR daddy issues, poor thing. It's also cool that Todd got another "pet", a horse ๐ and you can see that he treats Angharrad much better than he treated Manchee (at first) cause he's missed Manchee so much aaaa my heart ๐.
Moving on to the VILLAIN ๐ or should I say villainS? Mayor Prentiss is the classic evil, greedy, manipulative and powerful villain. I think he was a good villain (lol) and he's smart, and I like to see that.
Overall, solid. I liked it.
Graphic: Colonisation, Gaslighting, and Genocide
Moderate: Slavery, Sexism, Murder, and Death
Minor: Gore
stephsz's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- 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
3.5
Moderate: Genocide, Violence, Sexism, and Slavery
oliverlang's review against another edition
challenging
dark
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
I found this book really quite difficult to read so it's taken me a lot longer to read than the first book.
Big trigger warning for physical and emotional abuse, slavery, torture and genocide.
Big trigger warning for physical and emotional abuse, slavery, torture and genocide.
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence
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