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shelbyslifer'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
5.0
Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Grief, Racism, and Colonisation
Moderate: Blood and Abandonment
alexalily'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
5.0
Graphic: Classism, Medical content, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Violence, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Gore, Police brutality, Slavery, and War
Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Chronic illness, Physical abuse, Torture, and Alcohol
Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Excrement, Self harm, Vomit, Cursing, and Child abuse
kaschaller'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
5.0
Graphic: War, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Violence, Death, and Blood
Moderate: Ableism, Vomit, and Chronic illness
Minor: Sexual harassment, Rape, and Sexual violence
kyladenae94's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Torture, Gun violence, and Colonisation
Moderate: Sexual assault, War, Rape, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts
pwindmill'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? Yes
3.5
I enjoyed that the narrative challenged your assumptions about characters, often not revealing details about them until it became relevant. The world building felt very strong, perhaps because it was so heavily based on French colonisation in North Africa. Each character was interesting and unique.
Sometimes though, characters made terrible decisions that weren’t well justified, and felt like they did it just to push the story in the way the author wanted it to go, without much reasoning behind it, and for characters that are presented as clever, the lack of thought felt a bit out of character to me. Maybe it’s just that I didn’t pay close enough attention to between the lines though! I also felt that the middle third felt a little slow compared to the first and last thirds?
This sounds more negative than I’d intended, I did enjoy The Unbroken, and will definitely be reading the sequel! Just I maybe won’t instantly pick it up for a re-read as often as I thought I would based on the recommendations that I heard.
Graphic: War, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Death, Gun violence, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Racism
Sexual violence threat (repeatedly mentioned)leaflit'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: Chronic illness, Blood, Racism, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Colonisation, Confinement, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Grief, Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Alcohol, Child abuse, Genocide, Medical content, Outing, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Terminal illness
griffinthief'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
3.0
Graphic: Racism, Violence, Chronic illness, Cursing, Blood, Emotional abuse, Grief, War, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Vomit, Torture, Classism, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Terminal illness, Sexual harassment, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Police brutality
Moderate: Ableism and Suicide
hailstorm3812'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
4.5
Graphic: War and Death
Moderate: Religious bigotry
Minor: Sexual assault
gingercat99'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? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Colonisation and Xenophobia
Moderate: Death, Blood, Trafficking, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Sexual assault
jennamcclendon'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
Check TWs!
“Be the rain.”
Graphic: Death, Violence, War, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Blood
Minor: Sexual assault and Chronic illness