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talonsontypewriters'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
3.5
Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Body horror, Blood, Gore, Colonisation, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Violence, Classism, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Death of parent, Torture, War, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Sexual content, and Incest
Minor: Suicide, Vomit, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Alcohol, and Rape
eclipse799'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Gore, War, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, Bullying, Slavery, Abandonment, and Sexual content
barda'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: Sexual content and Violence
Moderate: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Blood, Torture, Death of parent, Pedophilia, War, Sexual violence, Rape, Slavery, Sexual assault, and Death
Minor: Alcoholism and Alcohol
pnonikki's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Torture, Death of parent, Violence, Classism, Colonisation, War, Abandonment, Confinement, Gore, and Murder
Moderate: Slavery, Incest, Grief, and Alcoholism
Minor: Rape, Sexual content, and Pedophilia
cleot's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Murder, Body horror, Sexual content, Torture, Gore, Sexual assault, and Slavery
Minor: Death of parent, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pedophilia, and Cannibalism
emilycfox's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Moderate: Grief, Misogyny, Death of parent, Murder, Confinement, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Racism, Sexual content, War, Colonisation, and Genocide
Minor: Rape
kemrick19's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Torture, Blood, Death of parent, War, Incest, Murder, Slavery, and Violence
Moderate: Alcohol, Suicide, and Pedophilia
squids_can_read's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.5
Graphic: Classism, Gore, Pedophilia, Rape, Murder, Sexual violence, Torture, War, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Incest, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Death, Sexual content, and Violence
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship
daniella_lo'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: Slavery, Death of parent, Murder, Violence, Torture, and Classism
Minor: Cannibalism, Incest, Alcoholism, Pedophilia, and Suicide
vigil's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
2.75
the romance in general is not to my taste, as i can only liken it to being nk jemisin’s take on a sarah j mass plot, with shoddy the worldbuilding and flat characters included. yeine has moments where she’s almost interesting, as does nahadoth, but then jemisin has them fall back into the role of the new adult jerkass inhuman romance plot (which i must say, an inhuman mortal immortal romance can in fact work, and my prime recommendation is the winternight trilogy, starting with the bear and the nightingale) and then their boring again. the most intriguing aspects of this book happen when they are not involved with one another (and thus the main plot as the two are inextricably tied) such as when yeine is looking into her mother’s past, or her own personal connection with her home country and family there, and when nahadoth interacts with the other gods, particularly the flashbacks.
this book could’ve been great, and it wasn’t a terrible reading experience, but it wasn’t all it could’ve been.
Graphic: Torture, Colonisation, Death of parent, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Death, Cursing, Grief, Murder, Slavery, War, and Xenophobia