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therobinjoyce'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
4.0
Graphic: Death, Violence, Torture, Gaslighting, Blood, Self harm, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Suicide, and Murder
Moderate: Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Sexual violence, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, and Pedophilia
Minor: Kidnapping
elle_dee'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
5.0
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, and War
charlieash'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
4.5
Graphic: Self harm, Suicide, Emotional abuse, and Grief
Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Gaslighting, Torture, and Death of parent
Minor: Homophobia, Pedophilia, and Rape
melplays9000'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
4.5
One thing that was a little too much for my small brain was just the amount of character. Each of them had their own subplot with their own motives all happening at the exact same time and I just felt very lost in certain moments and feel I may have missed some of the reveals just because of how much was going on.
Overall this book was everything I hoped it would be. It, without problem, kept me entertained the entire time that I was reading it and I appreciate everything it did for me. 4.5 stars.
Graphic: Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Self harm, and Suicide
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence
Minor: Death of parent and Fire/Fire injury
alexander_pendragon'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
5.0
Graphic: Suicide, Self harm, Emotional abuse, and Grief
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Torture, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Child death, Animal cruelty, and Alcoholism
sophiareadswaytoomuch'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
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Self harm, and Rape
ken_mcmurdie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Torture, and Sexual content
Minor: Animal cruelty, Blood, Domestic abuse, Grief, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Sexual violence
strange'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? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, and Suicide
Moderate: Torture, Self harm, Rape, and Pedophilia
nofy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
(lmao no one's gonna read this) Yeah this took me forever to read. Now that I think of it, maybe I should've just DNFed but I guess it was still intriguing enough for me to push through. Lovedd and hated this book at the same time.
This book is SO. SLOW. Like literally where is the plot. 75% in and you've only been running around with Bitterblue in her castle,w hich is really big and very much and very FREQUENTLY described explained, detailed in all its aspects. And there's all these characters that are introduced to you one page after the other and you constantly having to process how and why they're relevant to the story or the world building, or should I say the castle building because honestly I don't think I'll ever be able to read anything with a castle in it for a long time. I'm tired of castles. Also, love interest is so unlikeable from beginning to end. And where is the magic system? Oh yeah there it is, in the last three chapters. Also heavy and triggering content. Was not expecting it to get so dark and disturbing after Graceling and Fire.
But loved Bitterblue's character though. She alone is 2 of my 2,5 stars, this is what real character development is. Also the answers at the end were worth it. Loved the friendships in this story, the characters themselves were all nice, even though if you haven't read the previous installments, they wouldn't make that much sense lol. The political aspects were written so well too. And, as usual, Cashore's storytelling is exceptional.
T'was a decent book, but definitely not one that I would re-read.
Graphic: Rape, Pedophilia, and Torture
Moderate: Suicide
nyssbomb'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
4.75
Graphic: Suicide, Violence, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Death, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Incest, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Torture