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csmall73's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
fast-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
5.0
It’s human. It has the emotional turmoil and rough but accurate flows of processing traumas experienced. Losses of very personal relationships. Dimensions to each character that are not always evident in other writers work.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Racism, War, Drug abuse, Vomit, Gore, Child abuse, and Violence
sandrae04's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Death
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Racism
rae_bookmarkchronicles's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
I didn't care about a lot of what was happening in this. The reason that I didn't rate this lower is because I think that the concept is actually decent but execution wasn't great. A tournament of champions but the competitors are being killed off one by one.....sounds intriguing right? WRONG!
Unnecessary love triangle gets in the way. Dorian is a creep. The fact that he kept entering Calaena's room without knocking or seeking permission is weird - being a prince doesn't make it okay - I probably could have like Chaol if it weren't for the love triangle which doesn't make a ton of sense since people are dying left and right and Calaena is trying to figure out wtf is going on.
The only character that I actually like is Nehemia - the only person of color in sight - who I've heard dies in the next book [eye roll]
Also, kind of disappointing that this is my first time reading a book about an assassin and she didn't assassinate anyone
Unnecessary love triangle gets in the way. Dorian is a creep. The fact that he kept entering Calaena's room without knocking or seeking permission is weird - being a prince doesn't make it okay - I probably could have like Chaol if it weren't for the love triangle which doesn't make a ton of sense since people are dying left and right and Calaena is trying to figure out wtf is going on.
The only character that I actually like is Nehemia - the only person of color in sight - who I've heard dies in the next book [eye roll]
Also, kind of disappointing that this is my first time reading a book about an assassin and she didn't assassinate anyone
Content Warnings
Minor: Racism and Sexism
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