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brianneh'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
4.0
Graphic: Abandonment and Violence
Moderate: Grief, Sexism, Classism, Child abuse, and Misogyny
Minor: Pregnancy
taylor_perry'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
5.0
Moderate: Sexism, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment
Minor: Religious bigotry, Child death, and Suicide
Erasure of culture is a very emotional and moderate topic present in this book as wellemily_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, floods1navn'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse and Child abuse
Moderate: Colonisation, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Misogyny, Sexism, and Gaslighting
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.enchantedobjects's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Moderate: Sexism
Minor: Rape
whimsykat'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
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse and Classism
Moderate: Child death, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Sexism, Police brutality, Misogyny, and Violence
Minor: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Grief, Slavery, Death, and Death of parent
a_libra_library'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
The plot twist and "info dumping" were built into the story so seamlessly.
I cannot wait to continued in Redemptor!
Moderate: Abandonment, Medical content, Classism, Colonisation, Sexism, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, War, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cursing, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
littlewishling'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
Moderate: Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexism
Minor: Death of parent and Child death
genny'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
4.25
All that said, it's a worthwhile read and it proved to me that there's still space for fresh, unique stories in YA fantasy. I dove into the sequel immediately after finishing this :)
Graphic: Abandonment, Sexism, Violence, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Blood, Child abuse, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Child death, Sexual content, Death, and Death of parent
Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Rape