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rafacolog's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, and Violence
10stormlight's review against another edition
3.0
Moderate: Death, Torture, and Blood
ifoundcallie'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
4.5
Graphic: Murder, Body horror, and Death
Moderate: Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, and Violence
Minor: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Homophobia
itsmeaemma's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
2.75
Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Stalking, Violence, War, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Torture, Alcohol, Bullying, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, and Murder
erzywerzy'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
Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Violence
Moderate: Child abuse, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Alcohol, Self harm, and Homophobia
princessrory's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Sexual harassment, Grief, and Torture
Minor: Slavery and Child abuse
kimseokjinschild's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
💫Another fearless female hero
📈I wishe there was more witty lines and more display of characters personalities..sometimes it felt rushed.
Graphic: Violence and Death
Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Child abuse
mallorypen's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
What I like best about her style of writing is that even in modern settings, her stories feel timeless and ancient and contemporary all at once. Her characters are beautifully human (the human ones, at least) in that they have flaws (Ben can’t control his emotions, is hyper-jealous and down on himself; Hazel is afraid of intimacy, uses the false intimacy of making out with people to mask her problems) but are resilient and loving and their flaws don’t define them. I feel that Hazel and Ben’s parents being so neglectful in their childhood wasn’t fully addressed, but there is something interesting in how they aren’t branded as evil because they made bad choices as young parents.
I adore the idea of a town just existing with this ancient casket and sleeping fairy prince, throwing forest parties and dealing with tourists and having the Folk be part of their every day lives. I also love the idea of Hazel becoming a knight - women as knights just DOES it for me - and not remembering her double life while she sleeps. I also loved the concept of Jack and Carter’s mother being so fierce over keeping Jack and calling out Jack’s mother over her willingness to give up her child. And the Gordons saying the town could burn so long as Jack was safe made my whole heart happy.
My only wish in this book was that there was a little more development between Ben and Severin; I could believe that Severin loved Ben because of how he spoke to him while he slept, but as a reader I wanted to see more of their interactions hinting at a love between them that was built more on developing a relationship as equals (both awake, both able to engage with one another, etc) than on what Ben imagined Severin to be, and what Severin had heard when Ben didn’t realize he was listening.
Overall, a super fun read with lots of lovely details about the Folk that made this story fit into folklore with perfect ease.
Minor: Blood, Animal death, Death, and Vomit
erinwolf1997'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? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Violence, Child abuse, and Blood
Minor: Animal death, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
karapillar's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Death
Moderate: Murder, Torture, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death and Infidelity