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what_is_a_name's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Minor: Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail
lexizee'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
3.75
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: War
Minor: Genocide
sarah_cameron's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, and Death of parent
Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Alcohol
flower_child'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
4.0
Graphic: Violence and Blood
Moderate: Child abuse and Emotional abuse
Minor: Genocide
deannab's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, and Violence
Minor: Genocide, Blood, and War
caitlin033'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
Graphic: Violence, Blood, Murder, and War
Minor: Slavery
cherrygray's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
(4 stars, truly)
ok, basics: i loved this book. It had phenomenal world building, amazing descriptions for everything and everyone, it truly is a great book. but it felt like everything was so dragged out during descriptions or things were raggedy: for example, Lira's memory retellings. Granted, there probably weren't any smooth ways to put in what Lira was forced to do, I feel like where it was inserted was just on a whim.
This is a morbid and bloody twist on my favorite "Disney Princess" from when I was 6, Ariel from the Little Mermaid. (for anyone who cares my favorite today is Tiana (Princess and the Frog)). Definitely not for the faint of heart with everything that goes down and it's descriptiveness it ends up being, but it takes an interesting line of sirens V mermaids, and sirens V humans/pirates and morphs it into something more. It's an action-packed, sword-wielding, heart-clenching, screaming-into-your-pillow type of read.
SPOILERS BELOW (PROCEED WITH CAUTION?)
pros and cons
extra too descriptive with every little thing and sometimes got repetitive
STRONG LEADS!!!
fight scenes were all clear and grueling and brutal and descriptive!
Elian's response to the betrayal.
how did they fall in love????
Graphic: Genocide, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and War
Minor: Medical content
hshipl'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? No
5.0
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Slavery
Minor: Sexual assault, Vomit, and Cannibalism
zaza_2000's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Violence and Murder
imalexia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.25
Moderate: Death and Violence