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caelinsullivan'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? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Violence and Blood
Minor: Death and Death of parent
bookishundercover's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation
juph'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
3.75
Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
kalistathis's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder
joceraptor's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Grief, and Death of parent
megloveswords12'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
4.0
Graphic: Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Moderate: Death of parent
yvonne_cl'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
3.75
Graphic: Sexism
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, and Death of parent
baexlee'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
4.0
Despite my qualms with the style, the overall story is beautifully told and the pacing builds Zafira into a stunning and compassionate heroine that is complex and multifaceted. This is not to say that Nasir falls flat in comparison to her in any way either, as their tale and the adventure the ultimately brings them together takes care to equally develop and pay attention to each of them as it builds. The thing that holds me back from rating this anything higher than four stars is that there were many times where I felt battles, conflicts or other challenges were resolved with a bit too little detail for my taste, some of them felt a bit too non-descript or fade-to-black so to speak. Now my opinion could very well be colored by the fact the last book I read was extremely over detailed in it's battle scene's, so take that with a grain of salt, but I believe my rating to be fair.
Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Sexism, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Blood
caseythereader'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
3.5
- The pacing was a bit slow - a lot of sitting/walking around and talking, though that may have just been misguided expectations on my part.
- Strangely, Zafira felt like the least-developed character. Everybody else on the quest had a distinct personality and backstory, but she didn't have much beyond being The Huntress (and the fact that she was obviously in love with her best friend Yasmine, why were we wasting so much time on the boys?)
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Rape and Suicidal thoughts
bookcaptivated's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, and Grief
Minor: Animal death and Death of parent