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claudiamacpherson's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Death, War, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Suicide, and Colonisation
Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Self harm
beforeviolets's review
adventurous
hopeful
medium-paced
- 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
4.25
Thank you so much to NetGalley and Delacorte Press for providing me an eARC in exchange for an honest review!
What an epic conclusion to a magical and adventurous story! So many twists and turns and reveals tied in among nuanced discussion of right and wrong and good and evil. Every single character in this world is written so well and has such a complex history and personality and moral code. They're fully realized beings and are truly what drives the emotional connection between the audience and the story. Kiersten White, more than anything else, knows how to write a good character.
And I felt like this book left me with so many fantastic messages about strength and growth and love. I'm always a huge fan of the trope that the strongest weapon that can be wielded is the complexity of humanity.
However, I'm going to need a novella RIGHT NOW. RIGHT. NOW.i can not believe i read three whole books waiting for Guinevere and Lancelot to get together just for it to have an open ending like that. i need to see them fall in love and STAT. the author spent so many scenes in this book leading up to a relationship between the two of them (or at LEAST a conversation about their feelings for each other) that I was WILDLY disappointed to not see it come to fruition.
What an epic conclusion to a magical and adventurous story! So many twists and turns and reveals tied in among nuanced discussion of right and wrong and good and evil. Every single character in this world is written so well and has such a complex history and personality and moral code. They're fully realized beings and are truly what drives the emotional connection between the audience and the story. Kiersten White, more than anything else, knows how to write a good character.
And I felt like this book left me with so many fantastic messages about strength and growth and love. I'm always a huge fan of the trope that the strongest weapon that can be wielded is the complexity of humanity.
However, I'm going to need a novella RIGHT NOW. RIGHT. NOW.
Graphic: Blood, Colonisation, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, and War
Moderate: Alcohol and Animal death
Minor: Vomit
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