Scan barcode
bruhbruh'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? Yes
5.0
Pour les personnages, alors que je les appréciais dans le précédent, iels deviennent carrément attachants. Le développement de Nahri est fabuleux. Elle se prend enfin en main. Il y a beaucoup de femmes présentes dans celui ci, ce qui manquait dans le premier. Ali est encore plus engagé dans sa lutte anti classe à Daveabad. Dara commence à utiliser son cerveau et son bon sens tout en restant un ennemi terrifiant.
Hâte de lire la suite !
Graphic: Medical content, Genocide, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder, Slavery, Classism, Blood, Death, Trafficking, Misogyny, Hate crime, War, Violence, Alcohol, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Alcoholism and Homophobia
brynalexa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexism, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Rape, Toxic relationship, Violence, Classism, Racism, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Stalking, Body horror, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Medical content, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Suicide, War, Miscarriage, Slavery, and Torture
pvbobrien's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Death of parent, Blood, Death, Body horror, and Police brutality
Moderate: Genocide, Chronic illness, Torture, Alcohol, Slavery, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Gore
claudiamacpherson'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
Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Gore, Hate crime, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, War, and Xenophobia
Minor: Gun violence, Police brutality, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture
readandfindout's review against another edition
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
Themes: 4 stars
Characters: 4.5 stars
Plot: 4.5 stars
Worldbuilding: 4.5 stars
Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical content, Murder, Police brutality, Slavery, Torture, Violence, War, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Religious bigotry, and Sexism
hanarama'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
4.75
- Expanded world building
- Tense political intrigue
- Good use of dramatic irony
- Character motivations expanded and explored more closely
- Intense final act.
- Some character's decisions feel contrived/convenient
- Complicate characters
- Opposing POVs
- Political intrigue
- Looming threats
A massive improvement over City of Brass. I really fell in love with this book and I was lukewarm on CoB, which felt very slow and many characters felt unsympathetic.
Chakraborty has fixed many of these issues with KoC. She takes greater care to make all of her characters feel more sympathetic in this book, while keeping their moral complexities in tact. And she again delivers an absolute gut punch of an ending.
KoC takes place five years after the events of CoB. Even as Ali is exiled, Daevabad seems intent on drawing him back into its political machinations. Nahri has taken her place as Banu Nahida and struggles against the yoke of King Ghassan's rule. With a once-in-a-century celebration looming and an unseen enemy plotting revenge on the city, the characters' lives weave together as everyone angles to achieve their own goals.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, and Police brutality
achingallover'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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Medical content, Murder, Police brutality, Racism, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Torture, and Violence
annalisaely's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Police brutality, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Violence
Moderate: Alcoholism, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, and Genocide