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kitbruin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
The beginning was written in a poetic prose/ waxed lyrical…. Some plot holes were not yet addressed in book 1.
The audio book gave more clarity through the male/female character voices. But had One not listened to the audio, there might have been some confusion.
The end of the book randomly began to swap from 4 different perspectives.
This is not a light read. Takes some concentration.
Graphic: Gore, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Violence, Emotional abuse, Grief, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Cursing, Death, and Misogyny
Moderate: Sexual content
thecanadianbookworm'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
Wow. Such a beautiful writing style, and a sad tale.
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Animal cruelty, Grief, Torture, Sexual content, and Blood
Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Slavery
Minor: Child abuse, Abandonment, and Pregnancy
cosmic_kurt's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Blood, Gore, Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, and Death
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, and Animal death
Minor: Abandonment, Child abuse, Child death, Vomit, Sexism, and Pregnancy
rachelbooks'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: Gore, Blood, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Animal death, Death, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Death of parent, Violence, Grief, Mental illness, Torture, Pregnancy, and Sexism
Moderate: Abandonment
Minor: Incest, Infidelity, Trafficking, War, Child abuse, Cursing, Alcohol, Cannibalism, and Vomit
dani_reis's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Death, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Confinement, Grief, Blood, Slavery, Torture, Child death, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, and Mental illness
Minor: Infidelity
Animal deathart_books_chemistry'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? Yes
5.0
Parker's world-building is exquisite. The world she crafted is deep and thorough as are her characters. I honestly cannot decide which of them I love more. There's a strong but flawed FMC, a giant teddy bear MMC plus beautiful, unique dragons. Plus even the side characters are equally as developed, even the ones we barely get to know in this book, clearly have fully developed back stories. I can't wait for the next installment to flesh them out further as well as the next phase of the plot. I guessed a couple of the twists right before we found out about them but they were very well done.
Highly recommend to any lover of high fantasy.
Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Classism, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, and Animal death
Moderate: Animal cruelty
Minor: Slavery, Abandonment, Pregnancy, and Vomit