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amy_in_the_city's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Murder, Violence, Death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, and Blood
Moderate: Transphobia, Animal death, Eating disorder, and Kidnapping
Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia and Vomit
erkoning'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: Abandonment, Murder, Blood, Death, Child death, Transphobia, and Violence
Moderate: Gore and Bullying
Minor: Eating disorder, Kidnapping, Acephobia/Arophobia, Dysphoria, Dementia, and War
The book centers aroundxosirenox's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Eating disorder
Minor: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Deadnaming, Kidnapping, Transphobia, Animal death, and Medical content
mayaism_01'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
5.0
I've read from Seanan McGuire before under her pen name Mira Grant, and though I enjoyed the book I wasn't really in love with Into the Drowning Deep because of its slow pace and slightly convoluted story. This feels like a complete 180 in both style and content and I'm definitely a lot more interested in picking up more by McGuire, especially within this series!
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, and Gore
Moderate: Eating disorder, Kidnapping, and Transphobia
Minor: Deadnaming and Dysphoria
spooderalec's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death, Murder, Blood, Gore, and Body horror
Moderate: Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Kidnapping, and Vomit
Minor: Transphobia, Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Eating disorder, and Animal death
walkie_check'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
4.25
Graphic: Child death, Murder, Blood, Deadnaming, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Transphobia, Death, and Bullying
Minor: Transphobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Death of parent, Acephobia/Arophobia, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Abandonment, Child abuse, Child death, Dementia, and Violence
pastelkerstin's review against another edition
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Also, when this came out it was on every ace rep recommendation list. And I get it: The main character is ace and it's mentioned explicitly and this is (was?) a popular book.
But the ace rep in this seems contradictory at times? I don't really know what to make of it. One moment Nancy says it's important to draw a distinction between asexual and aromantic and that she has had boyfriends and has romantic feelings. But then in another scene she says she doesn't want to date anyone. The thing is, it's not like Nancy's experience couldn't be a real person's experience. Attraction is complex and confusing. To me, Nancy seems to be somewhere on the aromantic spectrum, but the narrative doesn't confirm that. It just feels underexplored and odd to me (as an asexual aro-spec person).
Graphic: Transphobia, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Murder, Animal cruelty, Gore, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Deadnaming, Child death, and Violence
Moderate: Eating disorder, Terminal illness, Grief, and Kidnapping
Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia
Eye traumawickedwitchofky'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
4.5
I finally read it over a snowy weekend and read all 170ish pages in about 24 hours.
Very refreshing to see LGBTQ+ represented characters in a fantasy setting.
I love all of the characters very much and as soon as I finished this one I ordered the rest of the books available in the series.
My .5 start deduction - the ending seemed a little rushed; the aftermath of the main conflict wasn’t really discussed. I’m hoping we talk about it more in the next one.
Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Dysphoria, Homophobia, Murder, and Transphobia
Minor: Eating disorder, Gun violence, and Kidnapping
The transphobia comes from an antagonistic character towards the trans male protagonist and is not an attitude reflected from the author.birdy'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? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Medical trauma and Murder
Minor: Child death, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Grief, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Transphobia, Vomit, Violence, and Acephobia/Arophobia
keenanmaree'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
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, and Murder
Moderate: Eating disorder, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Transphobia