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rattification'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? Yes
5.0
Spoilers on overall mood and general feelings of how the book fits into the series:
See below for my original (and continuing) feelings:
I’M SCREAMING AND CRYING AND THROWING UP - this is to say, oh my god read it. It’s worth it.
Graphic: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Chronic illness, Vomit, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Murder, Gore, Self harm, Body horror, and Cannibalism
jleejj42'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
Moderate: Death, Gore, Violence, and Blood
luly_sc'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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Gore, Body horror, and Death
Moderate: Murder
ptnapoleon'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, Murder, and Death
Moderate: Terminal illness
maddierandolph's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death, Child death, Classism, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Slavery, Suicide, and Violence
Moderate: Cancer
Minor: Cannibalism, Bullying, and Mental illness
bucketsjen'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
4.5
I also have QUESTIONS, I took a break for a few weeks to nurse my emotional wounds and then tackled the next book in the series. As far as how this worked within a series: it felt like a whole book on its own, with more mysteries and questions and next steps to pursue. So, yay, that's the best!
Fair warning. It's a very big and very messy and very vast unverse with deep as fuck lore. The prose is also complicated and dense. I recommend just shrugging and going with it - it flows well and makes a weird sort of sense if you just let it take you along.
It's science fantasy, necromancers in space exploring ancient ruins trying to solve complicated mysteries to ascend to near godhood in order to help fight to save the universe and humanity. So it's huge in scope but also takes place in a very limited space with limited characters.
The lesbian aspect gets hyped up a lot but there's not smut.
Graphic: Death, Gore, and Body horror
anni_swanilda's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Body horror, Murder, Blood, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Violence, and Vomit
Moderate: Death of parent and Grief
Minor: Medical content
acrone's review against another edition
4.0
Once settled in, it’s a wild, very dark ride that I didn’t want to get off.
Graphic: Violence, Death, and Blood
Minor: Vomit
dnchlb's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Death and Murder
eleonorehilbig's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
it's basically the hunger games in an agatha christie murder mystery but really badly executed....
things i liked:
- gideon, our main character. she's snarky and to the point
- the sixth house (sience for the win)
- the general magic system.
things i didn't like:
- the writing. (the author is using a lot of "grown-up words" which doesnt help you understand the book amy better.
- the world building (if you can even call it that) we're in a house, on a planet, the house has doors and rooms. but mostly doors. also there are skeletons, and necromacers. and nine houses. why? who knows....
- the naming of the characters (everyone -even REALLY unimportant characters have like 3-5 different names and while
they're being killed off you're just too busy trying to remember who that is to give a f*ck. - and this might just be about the marketing - but i feel VERY iffy about how this book is promoted as "enemies to lovers" when it is absolutely a story about abuse. also wtf about the ending.
not here for the romantasized abuse!
so basically it's a book about some characters in a house and one is a murderer. also there is necromancy and swords.
Graphic: Gore, Murder, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Violence, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Grief, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Child death