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ashawrites's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Murder and Medical trauma
Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual content
nota_candycaine'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: Alcohol, Colonisation, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Misogyny, Murder, Torture, Violence, and War
hootypuff's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Torture, Sexism, Confinement, Violence, Alcoholism, and War
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Medical trauma
Minor: Sexual violence and Homophobia
sophiamoonlight'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: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Bullying, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Blood, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Murder, and Alcohol
maggie_t'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
0.5
Graphic: Misogyny, Xenophobia, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Violence
Moderate: Violence, Medical trauma, and Sexism
Minor: Body shaming, Death of parent, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture
Artificially induced/forced addiction, Sexual extortionbreadwitchery'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: Death, Alcoholism, War, Misogyny, Violence, and Torture
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Rape, and Murder
Minor: Cursing, Xenophobia, Ableism, Alcohol, and Medical trauma
jenny_readss's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Rep: Asian characters, Polyamory, Disability (foot binding- unable to walk)
CW: Rape, mutilation, abuse, suicide ideation, murder, misogyny, alcohol addiction
Similar to: Skyward, She Who Became The Sun, the Poppy War
Graphic: Misogyny
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Ableism, Body horror, and Medical trauma
braiths_book_thoughts's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I adored Wu Zetian, she was completely ruthless, battling a system that was constantly set against her. She was walking a tightrope between being a villain and the hero of the story and I honestly adored that dynamic.
Sometimes her rage at the injustice blinded her and caused her to react in ways where the situation could have ended more advantageously, but I didn't feel frustrated at Zetian as I normally would have.
The world-building wasn't incredible, it didn't really go in-depth over a lot of things and sometimes it felt we were just jumping from scenario to scenario, but again, this didn't stop me from thoroughly enjoying it. It relied a lot on you knowing Pacific Rim, but as I loved that film, I'm not mad about it.
However, what originally drew me to this book was the fact that the love triangle ended in a polyamorous relationship.
ALL LOVE TRIANGLES SHOULD END THIS WAY.
I wish there could have been more focus on this, I didn't always feel a lot of chemistry between all the characters at one point I questioned if one of the love interests even had feelings for Zetian, but it didn't pull away from the overall relationship.
The ending of the book was amazing. I knew something like this was coming up, but it didn't stop me from gasping when it happened.
While flawed, this book was such a delight to read and I cannot wait to read book 2.
Graphic: Torture, War, Murder, Physical abuse, Death, Alcoholism, Violence, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail
dice_reads'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
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, War, Torture, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Addiction, Sexism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Death, Medical trauma, Homophobia, Eating disorder, and Fire/Fire injury
bernicereads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, War, and Misogyny