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mangocorpses's review against another edition
dark
emotional
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Murder, Classism, Death, Physical abuse, Genocide, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: War
bluejaybooks's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Second read through
The more I think about it, the more I like it. Now I kind of want to reread the whole trilogy.
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Post Reading
It was clever what the author pulled off here in subverting frequent criticism of traditional revolution tropes. Even if some of it was hard to read because Nemesis was so distraught that I felt like crying just reading her perspective. Ideally, I think that this book and book 2 would have been 1 long book because they're really two halves of a whole story arc. However, I'm honestly happy to have a conclusion after the long wait for this book.
That said, I'd love a spin-off novel/novella to find out what happens in the far future after this book, but I don't need one to be satisfied with how it ended.
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Prereading
Felt conflicted about the last book, so tentatively adding this one to my TBR. I think S. J. Kincaid is a great writer but that the second half of The Empress broke the promise of what was set up in the first half, hence the mixed reviews. Hopeful that she can pick up the pieces in The Nemesis
The more I think about it, the more I like it. Now I kind of want to reread the whole trilogy.
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Post Reading
It was clever what the author pulled off here in subverting frequent criticism of traditional revolution tropes. Even if some of it was hard to read because Nemesis was so distraught that I felt like crying just reading her perspective. Ideally, I think that this book and book 2 would have been 1 long book because they're really two halves of a whole story arc. However, I'm honestly happy to have a conclusion after the long wait for this book.
That said, I'd love a spin-off novel/novella to find out what happens in the far future after this book, but I don't need one to be satisfied with how it ended.
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Prereading
Felt conflicted about the last book, so tentatively adding this one to my TBR. I think S. J. Kincaid is a great writer but that the second half of The Empress broke the promise of what was set up in the first half, hence the mixed reviews. Hopeful that she can pick up the pieces in The Nemesis
Content Warnings
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Ableism and Violence
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