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emily_mh'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: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, Death, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, Child abuse, and Sexism
Moderate: Suicide, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Violence, Sexual content, and Blood
Minor: Pregnancy, Rape, Alcohol, Ableism, Vomit, Racism, War, Child death, Confinement, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Excrement, Slavery, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: capital punishment Minor: self-injury, epidemic, mass death, volcano, imprisonment, floodsrobyn_vennard'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: Death of parent, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting
Minor: Domestic abuse, Religious bigotry, Vomit, Child death, Blood, Grief, and Suicide
kartoffel_00's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Raybearer is full of great lore. I enjoyed some parts of it but truthfully speaking the execution of the story the book was trying to conceive was fatally weak. It builds an interesting foundation but fails to follow through on it.
It tries to tell many things in one book. A civil conflict due to cultural differences between the people, a centuries long conflict with a spiritual kingdom, complicated relationships surrounding the main character, and the main character's personal struggles.
The problem is, while there are parts, one thing seldom connects to the next thing. Issues in some chapters arise suddenly without letting the reader ponder upon the details of the previous scene unless its the end of a part. A lot of things end up being the fault of the MC at the accusation of the other characters, making motive of the story weak. And at one point there is a sudden introduction of romance between two characters that came completely out of nowhere.
The things I did enjoy were the bonds of the main character with her found family but I kept wishing for better explanations for everything else as the flow didn't feel natural.
Final Rating: 2.5/5
Moderate: Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Rape, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Sexism
Rape- It's not graphic at all but it is an event happening fairly early in the book. Child abuse - Quite present. There's children being sacrificed. But no talk of hard to swallow physical descriptions.kassidyreads'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: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Death and Death of parent
Minor: Domestic abuse and Suicide
mads_17'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
5.0
Minor: Gaslighting, Murder, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Abandonment
freyleong'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
3.5
Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Sexism, and Rape
bookcaptivated'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, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Grief, Misogyny, and Violence
Minor: Classism, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Confinement, Sexual content, Vomit, and Bullying
traeumenvonbuechern'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: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Death, Gore, and Genocide
kaziaroo'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
5.0
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Grief
Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Xenophobia, Violence, Sexism, Misogyny, Genocide, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Racism
Minor: Sexual content, War, and Violence
some_random_person_hi's review against another edition
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Graphic: Violence and Confinement
Moderate: Sexual content, Rape, Acephobia/Arophobia, Death, Medical content, and Domestic abuse
Minor: War and Child death