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‫افتراق الأقدار‬

Veronica Roth

3.82 AVERAGE

irisvht's review against another edition

4.0

*4.5

mang0cats's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous medium-paced

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

m_piepgrass's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lyn___'s review against another edition

4.0

I liked this, I think it was a good sequel. I can’t say I’m the biggest fan of akos’ mother but what can ya do. Super dramatic, it’s got some turmoil for sure. I mean who doesn’t love it when a books got you at the edge of your seat. I would recommend this duology to fantasy readers. Also remember to check tws.

sephaistos's review against another edition

5.0

Spoiler

Firstly, please let me state that I am immensely proud of Veronica Roth for finally managing to end a story without killing a protagonist. I actually had expected this to happen in this series as well, after all, the mentioned fates didn't seem to give reason to be hopeful, and I was very pleasantly surprised that the author found a way to give this book a satisfactory ending.

The thing I love most about this book - and its prequel - is probably the worldbuilding. I have never before in my life read a fantasy/sci fi book that made me so interested in the history, secrets and appearance of the story's locations. Carve the Mark and The Fates Divide make me want to go on a sojourn, exploring the galaxy. I would really love to see more of this universe.
But it's not only the interesting places and customs described in the books that make me love them, it's also the characters and the way certain things are dealt with in the universe of this duology.
Not only are all characters we see convincing, multi-facetted beings, we also see an astonishingly wonderful amount of completely accepted diversity in this galaxy, which is a thing I dearly miss in other fantasy and sci fi novels.
We have LGBTQ persons en masse in this universe, and nobody in the books ever bats an eyelash at a same-gender couple or a non-binary human. They are multidimensional, important characters, and not at a single point in the story do they get reduced to stereotypes. I personally do not only find this delightful from the perspective of representation, but also because this diversity makes fantasy and sci fi stories so much more believable. If some version of magic exists, if characters travel through space, why shouldn't they be able to fall in love with a person of the same gender? Why should they have to fit into strict categories of male and female?
I won't go into detail about the plot, because I'm sure that there are hundreds of reviews already telling you about this, so I just want to say one single final sentence:
Read this duology.