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Graphic: Animal death, Death, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail
I'm giving this a 2.5 stars out of 5.
October 1st, 2023
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I would say that I read this book because I had FOMO (fear of missing out) because almost everyone in my friend group was talking about this book and I couldn't join the conversation, I just had to sit there feeling silly and confused. So I decided to pick up this book!
That being said, I think it was okay. I'm not used to reading long fantasy books so I'm not sure if it was me or the book, but certain parts seemed to DRAGON (drag on - lmao I love puns). The audiobook was about 21 hours and I just remember listening around hour 18 wishing it was already over.
I also had an awkward time with the intimate scenes, not because I'm a prude and don't like sex or intimacy but because I'm a women who is 32 years old (as of writing this review) and the main character was about 20 and her love interest was about 23. I have no interest in reading inmate scenes about characters more than 10 years younger than me, it just felt a bit awkward.
Other than those two issues, I think the book was fine. I enjoyed certain parts more than others, like I really enjoyed the actions scenes and the scenes where "secrets" were releveled. If there wasn't much going on in the story, I was probably a bit bored.
I'm giving this a 3 stars out of 5.
July 7th, 2023
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail
i was planning on giving this book a 3/5 stars because the first 80% of the book i found to be very cringey and eye roll inducing, specifically the inner monologues of Violet (she sounds like she’s 15/16 years old rather than 20) as well as
i don’t really know what changed in the writing, but if you’re struggling like i was — stick it out. it is totally worth it. the entire concept of going to flight school to learn to fly dragons and channel magic is enamoring to me. despite what i said about the inner monologue of violet, i did enjoy reading about her time at Basgiath and her growth from someone so timid to essentially a bad bitch. she grows on you as a main character very quickly, not even to mention how most other characters are extremely loveable besides the obvious enemies that come along.
Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Toxic friendship, War
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug use, Gore, War
Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail
Do agree with this TikTok and some of their critique on the writing style of the author. Well, it wasn’t enough to completely take me out of the story and DNF the book. It was a little bit jarring.
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment
Minor: Toxic relationship
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood
Moderate: Animal death, Sexual content, Medical content, Death of parent, Gaslighting, War
Moderate: Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail