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foxwish'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
4.0
Graphic: Transphobia, Torture, Death, and Deadnaming
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Gore, and Blood
Minor: Self harm
prosenheim's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief
Moderate: Murder, Transphobia, Dysphoria, Deadnaming, Misogyny, Confinement, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Self harm
indeedithappens'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: Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Transphobia, Blood, Deadnaming, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Abandonment, Death, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Misogyny, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Animal death, Child abuse, Dysphoria, and Body horror
tangleroot_eli's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Graphic: Deadnaming, Transphobia, Death, and Abandonment
Moderate: Murder, Domestic abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Sexism, and Torture
Minor: Fatphobia, Racism, and Vomit
Moderate ageismbisexualwentworth's review
- 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: Xenophobia, Deadnaming, Death, Transphobia, and Misogyny
maidinnah'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
3.75
Despite how much passion and love this book was written with, the vague, lyrical prose did make it challenging to follow along initially. Additionally, the alternating perspectives seemed unnecessary, given how similarly both protagonists sounded, which added to the confusion. The Birdverse world is worth feeling lost for a bit though.
Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Torture, and Transphobia
Moderate: Sexism, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
Minor: Child death
jjjreads'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: Animal death, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Outing, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Abandonment, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Body horror, Classism, Confinement, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture
archaicgambit's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.75
The language of the book is artful without being flowery, just shy of lush. I think the writing style works-- it neither shone nor hampered the story.
I wanted to be excited about the characters, but their portraits were very simply drawn, I think by nature of it being a shorter novel. I just wish we got a little more complexity in their interactions instead of relying on their backstories.
That said, the representation in this book is outstanding. Two transgender leads and very creative worldbuilding around gender and culture. The magic system was very interesting, and the visuals of the settings were stunning.
This book didn't quite live up to my high expectations, but I'm still happy I read it!
Graphic: Deadnaming and Transphobia
Moderate: Death
neilibra'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: Deadnaming, Death, and Transphobia
jet_nebula's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Deadnaming, Death, and Transphobia