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notapenguin'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
5.0
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Slavery
Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, and Sexual violence
Minor: Suicide, Abortion, and Death of parent
emilywemily6'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? No
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Bullying, Grief, Slavery, Physical abuse, Torture, Racism, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Police brutality
Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, Death of parent, Cursing, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, and Child death
Minor: Suicide, Vomit, Medical content, and Pregnancy
theresamothinmyroom'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? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Vomit, Abandonment, Child death, Classism, Torture, Sexism, Sexual assault, Rape, Violence, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Gore, Medical content, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Hate crime, and Misogyny
Moderate: Abortion, Confinement, Pregnancy, and Sexual content
Minor: Alcohol
talonsontypewriters's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Slavery, Colonisation, Violence, Murder, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, Classism, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Child abuse
Moderate: Trafficking, War, Death of parent, Rape, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Abortion, Abandonment, and Suicide
kdsmoove'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
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Slavery, Sexual violence, Torture, Death, Gore, Death of parent, Rape, Xenophobia, and Physical abuse
mj1588's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Colonisation, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Body horror, Child death, Abandonment, Blood, Gore, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Xenophobia, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Slavery, Torture, and War
jeyjeyyy'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? No
4.5
Graphic: Bullying, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Death, Murder, Blood, Child death, Abandonment, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence
mikasana'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
Honestly, the storytelling was perfect. I got really attached to Laia and Elias and their character arcs. And the villains?? Black hearted killers who couldn’t have been written any better (
The weight and finality of all the injustices this world festered really just slapped you in the face over and over as the pages went by. The tension from it burned me and had me fully entranced just hoping some good would prevail.
However, if you are looking at this first book expecting romance, look away. The two main characters don’t truly get to know each other in this book and spend much of their time apart. In fact most of the “romance” that exists is spent on
This actually would have been a lower rating due to how irritated I was by the
Graphic: Death, Violence, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Classism, Confinement, Slavery, Sexual violence, Murder, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Trafficking, Pregnancy, War, and Rape
erwikka'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: Torture and Violence
Moderate: Death of parent, Blood, Death, Gore, Grief, Murder, and Slavery
_rowantree_'s review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, and Death
Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Rape, and War