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katjheck'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
4.5
Graphic: Gore and Blood
jdasilva'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: Violence, Genocide, Death of parent, Child death, Gore, Body horror, War, Blood, Death, Colonisation, and Classism
Moderate: Torture and Child abuse
Minor: Suicide, Physical abuse, and Grief
mwv'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
Moderate: Gore
badbadwolf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Moderate: Child death, Colonisation, Confinement, Medical trauma, Death, Body horror, Bullying, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, Slavery, Vomit, War, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Violence, Murder, Blood, Classism, Forced institutionalization, and Suicide
jalexpulliamkepler's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Gore, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Torture, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Genocide, War, Slavery, Classism, Suicide, and Sexism
Minor: Animal death
elizabeth_helmer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Gore, Colonisation, Child death, Suicide, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Death of parent
beereads984'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: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Death
Moderate: Gore
terrirankl's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Blood, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
avidreadr's review against another edition
4.75
Things I liked:
-world building was solid and a lot of that was due to “show versus tell”. As is often the case with a 1st installment in fantasy, there was a good bit of “tell versus show” but that is to be expected and wasn’t overdone. for example that we really got a sense for Vis’ training regimen.
-classic dark academia vibe; lots of good tropes
- good plot pace! The first part was a bit slow as we got introduced to the plot but things pick up quickly
Things I loved:
- the Roman flavor; the clothes, the architecture, social hierarchies, etc. were all unique and interesting AND added to the actual plot
- AMAZING ENDING!!! Sooo many questions left unanswered in a way that makes me excited for book 2.
Things that were meh:
- how “will” works - we get a lot of technobabble as V studies but we didn’t get a clear understanding of the mechanics of the magic system
Graphic: Gore and Violence
horizonous's review against another edition
Graphic: Gore, Blood, Classism, Confinement, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, and Excrement