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jamby4546's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, Pedophilia, and Grief
booksoflore's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- 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? Yes
3.0
I stand with 2012 Lorina’s review of 3 stars. This wasn’t spectacular and I wanted to throttle Yelena most of the time but eh. Happy for her and her horse girl era I guess. Also, the best line in this book was spoken by a horse.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Death, and Violence
Moderate: Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death, Rape, Drug abuse, Torture, Medical trauma, Confinement, and Physical abuse
tiredtori's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
medium-paced
- 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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Minor: Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Child death, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, and Toxic relationship
alilbitofmonica's review against another edition
4.5
I don't know how many times I have read this book/series at this point, but it still fills me with all the joy of the first read through. Despite knowing everything that would happen, I still found myself not wanting to put the book down multiple times.
I love the characters, I love the setting, I love the fast moving plot and the intricacies of the world building.
I squealed, I laughed, I shouted. I annotated all my unhinged thoughts. I honestly had the best time with this (as I always d0).
I will say that this read through did have this feeling much more of a ya vibe than I remembered, as this was clearly written with a younger adult audience in mind. However, I still love it all the same. The difficult/dark topics addressed are done with respect and gentleness, making this a wonderful fantasy reading experience.
Content warnings: sexual and physical abuse - of children and adults, torture, mild mentions of blood/gore, depictions of grief
I love the characters, I love the setting, I love the fast moving plot and the intricacies of the world building.
I squealed, I laughed, I shouted. I annotated all my unhinged thoughts. I honestly had the best time with this (as I always d0).
I will say that this read through did have this feeling much more of a ya vibe than I remembered, as this was clearly written with a younger adult audience in mind. However, I still love it all the same. The difficult/dark topics addressed are done with respect and gentleness, making this a wonderful fantasy reading experience.
Content warnings: sexual and physical abuse - of children and adults, torture, mild mentions of blood/gore, depictions of grief
Content Warnings
Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, and Sexual violence
Minor: Grief
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