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Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Gore, Violence, Kidnapping
Graphic: Violence, Blood, War
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Kidnapping
I think that having the four different POVs and bouncing between them was far too much. I don't mind bouncing POVs when done well but these were spread so far apart in location as well as part of the story that at times it became confusing, especially on audio. Speaking of the audio, I absolutely *hated* the narrator for Lysander. And speaking of hating people, Lyria is not particularly likable, I'm hoping her story gets better in Dark Age because her chapters are just depressing and boring (until later on when they merge with Ephraim's).
Darrow's storyline definitely redeems the book, though it is just a continuous more of the same even though it's been ten years which seem's a bit unrealistic to some extent. There doesn't seem to have been much character development in the gap between Morning Star and Iron Gold.
I won't say this book is worth it until I get through Dark Age, if Dark Age is better then it will be worth reading Iron Gold to get there.
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Drug abuse
Minor: Pregnancy
Graphic: Death, Violence, War
Moderate: Drug abuse, Gore, Sexual violence, Kidnapping
Minor: Homophobia, Slavery
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Would’ve been great if
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood
Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Racism, Kidnapping
The first 200 pages is super slow. The multiple POV changes were getting boring to me. After about the 200 page mark, it does pick up. I highly recommend pushing through. It gets much better.
This book was really good, but it was difficult to see some of the characters I love not getting the happy lives I think they deserve. However, that makes it all the more realistic. Most fantasies end with the downfall of an evil regime, but don’t show the aftermath. I like how this shows the difficulties and turmoil of completely changing a society.
Graphic: Gun violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Toxic friendship
Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Police brutality, Murder, Pregnancy, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Minor: Drug use, Fire/Fire injury
Graphic: Gore
Moderate: Death
Minor: Kidnapping
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Murder, War
Moderate: Kidnapping
Minor: Sexual content