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biscotita's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Murder, and War
amerid's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- 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
As good if not better than Fourth Wing. I’m excited for the next installment. Personally, I could do without the graphic sex scenes as they really do not add to the story, but that's just me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and War
readingbymollie's review against another edition
3.0
adding "Rebecca Yarros" to my list of people who have upset me. That's the ending? THAT???
Wasn't expecting to love this, based on my reaction to book 1, and i didn't. Not a lot of surprises (save that ending). The back-and-forth in the beginning of will-they-won't-they felt a bit overplayed. Some f*cked up sh*t in this book, I continue to have issues accepting that things certain societal institutions (vagueposting ;)) do are just acceptable (a concept this series just glosses right over, though a feather-light touch of potential critique can [shockingly] be found in this book).
Definitely interested in finding out what the hell is going to happen in book 3!
Wasn't expecting to love this, based on my reaction to book 1, and i didn't. Not a lot of surprises (save that ending). The back-and-forth in the beginning of will-they-won't-they felt a bit overplayed. Some f*cked up sh*t in this book, I continue to have issues accepting that things certain societal institutions (vagueposting ;)) do are just acceptable (a concept this series just glosses right over, though a feather-light touch of potential critique can [shockingly] be found in this book).
Definitely interested in finding out what the hell is going to happen in book 3!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, and War
rchulin1's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Wow such an amazing book loved it just didn’t flow as much as I’d like and it wasn’t as lighthearted and funny as the first book understandably so since this book has a lot more tense moments
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
chanlo1994's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
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? Yes
5.0
The relationships in this book are so realistic, where communication and trust must be the foundation for any relationship to thrive, whether its for friendships or love. And that feeling of failing for the first time and then feeling like everything you do is also a failure.... *chef's kiss. The fact the author wrote these emotions so accurately makes me feel SEEN.
Also, the level of dragon sass is through the roof and I'm here for it lol.
Also, the level of dragon sass is through the roof and I'm here for it lol.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Addiction, Animal death, and Child death
bliez's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
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? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Grief and Death of parent
Minor: Animal death, Mental illness, and Fire/Fire injury
yruss972's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
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? It's complicated
4.5
Would be a 5 except for the gratuitous graphic sex.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and War
helplesswhilstdrying's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
I'd put off reading this since finishing the first as I wanted to both cosy up to it in Autumn and have a breather between the first two books as I'd heard that they were quite similar to each other. I can see what people mean when they say this, but it would be in the same way you'd describe all Harry Potter books as the same, particularly in the beginning when the world and school life is still being established.
Physically getting back into reading for the first time in a few years - this book was a demotivating thing to hold in my hands and for the first few days I would read for an hour and feel like I was making little progress. One Sunday, I tried to make better progress with the book, and sat down and feel like I blinked and a few hours later I'd devoured around 350-400 pages in one sitting.
I left myself with about 80 pages to finish and I was wishing those 80 pages to end as I read them (possibly as I was a bit annoyed I didn't manage to get to them in that one sitting!).
Whilst I did enjoy the story, at times I felt like it was a long - and particularly by the end of the book, the first part of the book I felt like could have been cut down significantly as Part 1's events felt a distant memory by the end and they were so much less significant within the storyline as a whole. I think these would have been suited as 2 shorter books as Part 2's action really outshone Part 2 IMHO.
Where it also lost points were at times the story felt like it was vomiting information at me, maybe because I've not read much fantasy it was taking me longer to grasp some concepts that are maybe common in other books. The book at times throws so much at you for example : wards, tomes, luminary - and the explanations can be chaotic or they just expect you to get it.The book is largely spent trying to get your head around Wards, and at the end Brennan fixes the Basgaith ward but it is entirely unexplained. I reread the chapter as I thought surely I've missed something here but felt like even Rebecca Yarros had ran out of ideas on how Brennan may have saved the day.
Sad that Varrish's time in the plot ended so soon - actually felt like he was fairly compelling as a bad guy from within. Personally, felt like Cat could have been cut from the storyline, the "my hot ex" line seemed irrelevant to Xaden who seemed completely unphased by her presence and nonchalant about their betrothement - and all it really did was create some light bickering within the storyline between Cat and Violet, her character needs more point and development in further books.
The last line of the book did change my perception of what I thought was going to be a bit of a flat ending, but a cliffhanger 3 words at the end had me excelled, had this been a tv show episode i would have been screaming at the tv if the series had been left there. I've seen other reviews mention it's feeling like pacing for a tv series with mini sub plots required for a tv audience to feel like a story is progressing, and that made complete sense to me, but feel like some of these un-necessarily added to the length of the book.
Physically getting back into reading for the first time in a few years - this book was a demotivating thing to hold in my hands and for the first few days I would read for an hour and feel like I was making little progress. One Sunday, I tried to make better progress with the book, and sat down and feel like I blinked and a few hours later I'd devoured around 350-400 pages in one sitting.
I left myself with about 80 pages to finish and I was wishing those 80 pages to end as I read them (possibly as I was a bit annoyed I didn't manage to get to them in that one sitting!).
Whilst I did enjoy the story, at times I felt like it was a long - and particularly by the end of the book, the first part of the book I felt like could have been cut down significantly as Part 1's events felt a distant memory by the end and they were so much less significant within the storyline as a whole. I think these would have been suited as 2 shorter books as Part 2's action really outshone Part 2 IMHO.
Where it also lost points were at times the story felt like it was vomiting information at me, maybe because I've not read much fantasy it was taking me longer to grasp some concepts that are maybe common in other books. The book at times throws so much at you for example : wards, tomes, luminary - and the explanations can be chaotic or they just expect you to get it.
The last line of the book did change my perception of what I thought was going to be a bit of a flat ending, but a cliffhanger 3 words at the end had me excelled, had this been a tv show episode i would have been screaming at the tv if the series had been left there. I've seen other reviews mention it's feeling like pacing for a tv series with mini sub plots required for a tv audience to feel like a story is progressing, and that made complete sense to me, but feel like some of these un-necessarily added to the length of the book.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Torture, Violence, Murder, and War
Minor: Death of parent
heythisisjane's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
tense
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? It's complicated
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture, Violence, and War
katyjb1's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
tense
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
4.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail