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witcheep'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
4.5
Beware: the ending is a huge cliffhanger. So huge a cliffhanger, actually, that it forces me to start the third book immediately. I cannot wait to learn what comes next. 😱🤩
Graphic: Violence and Torture
Moderate: Blood, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Racism, and War
lawbooks600'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
4.0
Score: Seven points out of ten.
I wanted to read this for a while after enthralling myself in Aurora Rising and liking the author's other book I read recently, The Isles of the Gods so I finally picked it up and read it. When I finished it I thought it was enjoyable but a step down from the preceding instalment (which I thought was better) and I hope the final part of the series, Aurora's End will be as good if not better than the first. It starts (more like continues) with the characters from the previous novel returning like Tyler, Aurora, Zila, Kal and Scarlett (except Cat) and immediately it picks up where it left off with Aurora still being the most wanted criminal (after breaking an interstellar law by landing on a forbidden planet) so all the characters are still on the run from the Terran Defence Force (space police I suppose.) The first hundred pages had action but the middle three hundred were slower (which didn't ruin the narrative. That let me explore more character dynamics.) For a while Aurora and another person distanced themselves so Aurora could practice the Trigger which becomes useful later. At least the last hundred pages quickens the pace again when The Unbroken (I can best describe them as a galactic terrorist group who rebelled from their race) threatened to destroy Earth but that didn't go to plan and instead Squad 312 comes in, saves the day (as usual) and all that's left is a cliffhanger. Book #3 sounds promising.
Graphic: War, Blood, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
Full trigger warnings: Physical assault and injury, military violence and war themes, blood depiction, death of people in the past, near-death experience, explosionskathrynleereads'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
Just like its predecessor, Aurora Burning keeps a consistently fast pace.
As with The Illuminae Files, what really takes the cake in The Aurora Cycle trilogy are the characters.
While technically the Eshvaren won against the Ra’haam, they weren’t able to completely defeat them, so I’m not sure why they are so determined that Auri (and any other Trigger out there) do the same thing they did.
Tyler - It was a refreshing change of pace to see Tyler get more comfortable breaking the rules and just fighting for himself and (mostly) his Squad.
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Murder, Blood, Death of parent, Violence, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, and War
Moderate: Grief, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Emotional abuse, Medical content, and Physical abuse
Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic
aseel_reads'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
3.0
Minor: Death, Blood, War, Hate crime, Death of parent, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Violence, Torture, Physical abuse, Genocide, Grief, Colonisation, and Child abuse
aspoonfuloflanguage's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Death, and Violence
Minor: Sexual content
fishfinngers'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
3.75
Graphic: Abandonment, Body horror, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Violence, and War