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katievallin's review
- 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
3.0
Graphic: Grief, Death, Body horror, Gun violence, and Violence
Moderate: Blood and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Ableism, Racism, Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, and Death of parent
cosmicpanda's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Vomit, Medical content, Murder, Violence, Grief, Animal death, Blood, Gun violence, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, and Gore
Moderate: Chronic illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Abandonment, Ableism, and Police brutality
kathrynleereads'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? It's complicated
4.75
Aurora Rising is hands-down in my three favorite reads of this year.
Graphic: War, Death, Death of parent, and Genocide
Moderate: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Violence, Gore, and Gun violence
Minor: Cursing, Ableism, and Blood
jaimc'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? No
3.25
Graphic: Body horror
Moderate: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, and Blood
Minor: Genocide and War
safety_pin's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Cursing, Death, Violence, War, Blood, Hate crime, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Death of parent, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Child death
Minor: Alcohol
captainoliimar's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Death, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Gaslighting, Gore, Kidnapping, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Violence, Animal death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Animal cruelty, Xenophobia, Body horror, War, Death of parent, Mental illness, Murder, Torture, and Medical content
Moderate: Police brutality, Racial slurs, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Chronic illness, Slavery, Misogyny, Colonisation, Ableism, Religious bigotry, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, and Racism
Minor: Alcohol
lanid's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Animal death and Body horror
Minor: Death, Gun violence, Ableism, Blood, Gore, Violence, and Death of parent
nuin_giliath's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
What ended up sinking this ship in my eyes were the characters. Repeatedly, we are informed about how insanely gifted this crew is and yet their behavior never convinced me of that fact. They were shockingly inconsistent with how they fluctuated between being insufferably juvenile and wise beyond their years. One minute, they'd be acting/talking like ten-year-olds, complete with jokes about soiling their pants. The next, they're speaking as if they're army veterans who have been jaded by the experiences of a thirty-year career. That doesn't make sense. You can't have it both ways. I was also devastated by how awful most of the female characters were. They were frequently petty, whiny, and so very shallow. With having a woman co-authoring this book, they should not have been this incredibly unrelatable to me (also a woman.) What absolutely broke my heart over this is that characters are typically the best part of a book for me. Without feeling a connection to them, the whole book comes across as dull and lifeless.
The plot, while intriguing, was barely present until the last 30% or so. While those final chapters were really well done and rather exciting, I felt cheated that I had to trudge through so much inadequacy to get there. By that point, I had lost any interest in these characters - except for Zila who simply needs to BAMF! the rest of them into oblivion - which unfortunately meant that the heavy emotional beats were lost on me. And that's tragic.
Having had such high hopes for this book, it truly pains me to rate this so low. But a story where I can't connect with the characters is never going to win my heart. The potential was there, but the execution failed miserably. I'm currently uncertain if I'll continue with the series at all.
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Blood
chrilovyl's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Body horror and Blood
Moderate: Death and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Death of parent
rebeccajost's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Body horror, Medical content, Blood, Death, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Death of parent, Violence, Alcohol, and War
Minor: Ableism, Sexual content, Colonisation, and Abandonment