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emmaopaline's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- 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? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Murder and Violence
Minor: War
otds's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoyed this one a lot, possibly more than the first book? I think it helped that a lot of the world building and stakes were already clear, and I also liked how this book leaned more into the weird theological side of its themes. Maybe just other things going on in my life, but for each of these books I found myself feeling really anxious as I was listening to the last third or so of them 🤷
On the whole I'm still honestly not quite sure how to feel about what the series is doing with gender, but at the very least I think it's interesting.
For the audiobook, I was a little sad to lose the narrator from book one, but I thought that the new narrator was actually really great as well.
On the whole I'm still honestly not quite sure how to feel about what the series is doing with gender, but at the very least I think it's interesting.
For the audiobook, I was a little sad to lose the narrator from book one, but I thought that the new narrator was actually really great as well.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, and Sexual assault
mysana's review against another edition
3.5
It was an extension very much of the last 25% of the first book, but more extreme. I enjoyed a large part of it, but hated the ending as it felt ridiculous that Mycroft, known for his ability to talk anyone into anything, was unable to persuade a child he'd raised to wait even 5 minutes.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Emotional abuse, War, Death, Murder, and Gun violence
Moderate: Cannibalism, Child death, Rape, and Suicide
halberdbooks's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- 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
If the first book in this series was spent painstakingly setting up the dominoes, describing each domino in excruciating detail, and telling you the entire history of board games, then the second book was dedicated to smashing those things down as fast as possible. This book is full of absolutely wild twists and bananas new directions for both the story and its universe. It also features the best horse chase I've read in a sci fi story. I am excited to read more, but first, I had better read The Iliad.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, War, Sexual content, Suicide, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault
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