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hopelessromanticbookworm'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
I found this book hard to get into. I’m not sure if it was my mood or the story itself or even a mixture of both. In the end, even though I am not an audiobook listener, I thought I would try it and see if it would help me through the book. Funny enough it did as I listened and also followed along on the kindle app.
I felt the story started off quite slow probably why I felt like it dragged on. But when the story started to pick up it got interesting.
I loved that Sarah showed how the injury impacted Chaol both physically and mentally really well. And that’s something rare as some books just skim over those important things. Personally I suffer with mental health so seeing how withdrawn and frustrated Chaol got felt relatable.
The building of new friendships and relationships are the heartfelt moments I loved between each couple and how their feelings grew while trying to figure out how to stop the Vlag.
The different personalities between the Khagan’s children was interesting, even though sometimes I either wanted to slap one of the children or strangle one 😅
Borte (Sartaq’s Hearth-Sister) is hilarious 🤣 the banter between Sartaq and Borte kept me laughing especially when Nesryn got involved in the banter. I loved The Rukhin group especially the Ruks Kadara and Salkhi! 😍
It was always a mystery on who was killing people/trying to go after Yrene but once that was revealed who it was, I really wasn’t expecting that. Even what Nesryn & Sartaq found out was shocking but still to be honest made sense a little 😅
There was an animal death that was just heartbreaking 💔 that wasn’t nice to hear 😭
It was a good read and had great relationship/world building and physical/mental representation ☺️ x
Minor: Animal death
sierrabowers's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Rape, Abandonment, Blood, Animal death, Child death, Classism, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Murder, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Vomit, Medical content, Violence, Sexual content, War, and Sexual assault
aileron'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
3.0
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Medical content
Moderate: Blood, Ableism, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Physical abuse, Pregnancy, War, Sexual assault, Suicide, Animal death, Slavery, and Torture
savvyrosereads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Absolutely adored this, and adored the tandem read with EoS. Definitely a shift from the rest of the series but utterly outstanding in its own right. There are apparently people out there who skip this one, to which I say….are you okay??? I absolutely LOVED this book, and found it to be a refreshing change of pace (ish, since I was tandem reading).
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
nerdkitten'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
5.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Medical content, Grief, Drug use, Violence, Vomit, and Ableism
Moderate: Stalking, Pregnancy, War, Racism, Blood, Alcohol, Death, Sexual content, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Gore, Chronic illness, Classism, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Colonisation, Misogyny, Slavery, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Body horror, Bullying, Death of parent, Murder, Suicide, and Xenophobia
chuckielittle'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
Graphic: Animal death, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Cursing, Grief, Violence, War, Ableism, and Drug use
Minor: Child death, Infertility, Sexism, Blood, Kidnapping, Suicide, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, and Vomit
kat1105'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: Ableism, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Grief, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, and War
jen1804's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
In my opinion this paled in comparison to EOS because there was so much action going on in EOS and I wanted to keep reading EOS that I found I was annoyed when I had to return for some TOD chapters. However toward the second half of my tandem read I started reading bigger chunks of each book and actually I think this is a really important read and gives the reader some more insight into Chaol and his inner thoughts.
This is a book with a beautiful love story romantically but also a love story where Chaol learns acceptance and learns to love himself again after so much trauma and self loathing. I found the ending rather emotional and cannot wait for the final book because I know the intertwining of all of these characters finally coming together is actually going to be incredible.
Satisfactory ending? Yes.
Graphic: Death, Violence, War, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail
helpme71'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: Terminal illness, Murder, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Slavery, Pregnancy, and Gore
Moderate: Cursing and Sexual content
anni_swanilda's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Blood, Death, and Vomit
Moderate: Cursing and Pregnancy
Minor: Abandonment, Death of parent, Sexual content, and War