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stevienielson'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
4.0
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, and Death of parent
stupidwittlebaby'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
Graphic: Child death, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Pedophilia and Slavery
batmayne_reads'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Toxic relationship, and Blood
e_freckles's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death
taurus97's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Animal death
phillyhufflepunk's review against another edition
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Animal death, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment
velokei's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I look forward to reading the sequels when I have the time!
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Death of parent
rwsmith's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
I think due to my mismatched expectations, I found some of the characters less "lovable", but I was no less interested in the characters. They ended up being slightly predictable towards the end, but the plot of the story kept things moving forward anyways.
As far as diversity, there is 1 female main character (who is literally a child, classic) and few, if any, non-white characters. There is at least one queer relationship, and the fact that it is queer does not have an effect on whether that relationship is good, bad, etc. which I appreciated. However, the child female character has a very complicated and vaguely problematic relationship with the main character, which is where all the reviews mentioning pedophilia comes from. The main character acknowledges this complexity, so it isn't an oblivious presentation, but it is still present.
Overall, I love vampires, and so I enjoyed this book, despite the mismatched expectations causing it to be a bit of a slog to finish. If I was reading a hard copy and not an audiobook, this likely would have been a DNF for me, simply for attention span reasons. I recommend it to other vampire people and philosophical peoplw though!
Graphic: Death and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Child death, Pedophilia, and Religious bigotry
eauderat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, and Colonisation
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Stalking, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Sexism, Dementia, Death of parent, and Classism
nerdkitten'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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Death of parent, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Gun violence, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Excrement, Medical content, Dementia, Abandonment, and Colonisation