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entityj'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
4.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcohol, Classism, Chronic illness, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Murder, and Torture
Minor: Gore and Grief
seren's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Sexual harassment, Classism, and War
Moderate: Alcohol, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Racism, Drug abuse, Child death, Gun violence, Ableism, Torture, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Drug use, Death of parent, and Cursing
Minor: Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, and Sexual violence
imaginary_space'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? No
3.0
What I liked:
- The world building - European inspired, plus a fantasy story set (mainly) in a big city, that's a nice diversion from the majority of books in the genre. If you know any more books, don't hesitate to point me in their direction!
- Also, I liked the Grisha magic.
- I like stories about ragtag bands/found families doing things (okay, crime) together.
- It was so well written that I found the plot interesting and wanted to know not so much what would happen next, but how it would happen.
- I started to appreciate Inej and Kaz once I stopped thinking about their age and just embraced how utterly, unapologetically edgy they are. Teenage me would have probably loved them.
- Jesper is quite the cinnamon roll, and I enjoyed him as a character. He was the most believable and most interesting (and layered) of the bunch.
- There was some entertaining dialogue.
What was meh:
- Even though interestingly written, the plot didn't hold any major surprises.
- Nina and Matthias were annoying, even more so because there wasn't ever any real doubt about the outcome. Also, very tropey romance story.
- Yes, growing up in a slum ages people beyond their years. Sure, I get that. But at times it was just too unbelievable, especially with the way they talked sometimes.
- Even more unbelievable that Kaz managed to have this badass mysterious reputation for being a criminal genius when apparently every other major player in that city was an adult. I would have gotten it if the gang members in the slums were all roughly about the same age. But like this it makes very little sense.
- Towards the end, I was pretty annoyed by the twentieth "... BUT they had seen it coming!" surprise. Especially since there was very few foreshadowing.
- There was some pretentious edgy dialogue. It's a fine line.
Overall, I wasn't too emotionally engaged, but I did enjoy it enough to probably read the second book in the series.
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Animal death, Toxic friendship, and Violence
Minor: Classism, Grief, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Torture
emmabogush's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Classism, Alcohol, and Cursing
Minor: Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Sexual assault
Brothels and pleasure houses are mentioned often - one of the main characters was kidnapped and trafficked into one of the houses in her past and it comes up in her storyline - I don’t remember any graphic or detailed descriptions of her past but it does come up multiple times in the book.ronjaorsomething'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
I also liked how unpredictable the plot/outcome was because a lot of the time you don't even know what the characters intend to do (so you don't even know what the "ideal" plan is and therefore you can't really predict what might go wrong).
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Addiction, Classism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, and Trafficking
Minor: Animal death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Violence
ka_ke's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Graphic: Classism, Death, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Blood, and Body horror
Moderate: Trafficking, War, Mental illness, and Genocide
ajboyd_'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
Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Classism, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racism
embla_v's review against another edition
4.75
Boken handlar om Kaz och hans gäng som ska göra det omöjliga och bryta sig in i Isfästningen. Ska de lyckas eller inte?
Rekommenderar denna bok till alla fantasy älskare som vill följa med på kråkornas resa. Rekommenderar nog att läsa Grisha-trilogin först, jag gjorde inte det men jag tror att man skulle första mer om man gjorde det. Men en oerhört bra bok som definitivt är värt det.
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Slavery, Addiction, Blood, Ableism, Drug use, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Violence
thesecretsapphic'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: Cursing, Death of parent, Child death, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Alcohol, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Slavery, Trafficking, Blood, Classism, Confinement, and Death
nicwilkins22'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: Violence, Trafficking, and Slavery
Moderate: Confinement, Kidnapping, Death, Drug use, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, and Classism
Minor: Ableism and Adult/minor relationship