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_melybelly's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Moderate: Sexual assault, Vomit, Murder, and Violence
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
readyourrights's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Torture
Moderate: Rape
Minor: Confinement, Murder, War, Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Sexual assault
witcheep's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
I find the plot as a whole too superficial to really care about. The motivations for the resistance aren't very clear or well-articulated: what are they resisting, if they are represented as super evil powerhungry
My main icks with the series are the same as with the previous books, though:
- The bonded group is way too possessive in every way. One bonded would like to lock Oleander away so no one else can even look at her, and another would prefer parading her around to show everyone that she is his. Oleander isn't much better herself.
- The men of the bonded group try to take away Oleander's agency in turns, and they often overlook the consept of consent completely in more than one area of life. They also joke about it (in the lines of "maybe you should have a gps chip again", for example). The bypassing of consent is represented as somewhat acceptable because it stems from the possessiveness and a want to keep the central bond safe. This is very offputting and problematic to read.
Graphic: Torture, Sexual content, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, and Bullying
Minor: Vomit and Gaslighting
antidietleah'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Genocide, Torture, Sexual content, Murder, Kidnapping, and Violence
onyxghost's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Child death, Death, Body horror, Bullying, Kidnapping, Murder, and Torture
e_rosemary's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Murder, Torture, Death, Cursing, and Violence
Moderate: Sexual violence
fairyelle'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
3.75
On top of this we lack a plot because the bond group is annoying asf and won’t allow Oli to do anything that a normal adult should be able to do.
So we’re stuck without a plan, without a plot, without (very) necessary character development and with our FMC having all her agency taken away. We can’t just have big reveals like the one at the end without a properly executed storyline and it’s a damn shame how good this series COULD be.
The characters are flat too, they do nothing but infuriate me. There’s a serious lack of emotional depth and character development on top of a lack of plot. I do think I do actually believe JBree is simply winging it after the initial Broken Bonds storyline.
This series just reminds me of the way I felt about the Red Queen series—hating it in a sorta loving way? love is a strong word for what I feel though lmao.
I’ve contemplated DNF-ing the series too many times to count but something is holding me against my will with a gun to my head. If the next book isn’t any better and just remains like the other three, I’ll just have to DNF it. Also, hate giving not so good reviews. But I feel it needs to be said as constructive criticism for J. Bree—I’m extremely easy to please so if I have criticisms then it’s something worth considering.
And hey, if you love this book/series I am by no means trying to tear down a book you enjoy (I’m sorta enjoying it too in the most minimal way possible, I guess? I do very much wish I could be in your shoes because I find it not fun for me to verbally destroy people’s writing.
Graphic: Kidnapping, Violence, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Cursing, Sexual content, and Confinement
Moderate: Blood, Murder, and Torture
There is lots of spice that you I didn’t need and if you somehow don’t know this, it is reverse harembeckyremillard's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
interrupt the series with any other book!
Graphic: Sexual content, Vomit, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Kidnapping, Blood, and Violence
Minor: Physical abuse and Emotional abuse
writingcaia's review against another edition
3.0
At this point, I’m wondering what more can the resistance pull off.
I cared a bit less about this one since Atlas isn’t my favourite bond, although I do like sweet Gabe, but this one was bit repetitive. And, I’m still not overly fond of Ollie.
Graphic: Torture, Sexual content, Murder, and Death
wellreadandhalfdead's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Kidnapping, and Murder
Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Gun violence, and Child abuse
Minor: Rape