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merah's review
- 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
I felt every single emotion while reading this book.
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Dysphoria, and Deportation
Minor: Cancer, Confinement, Deadnaming, Terminal illness, Vomit, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, and Classism
loads of knives, blades, cuts and stabbingschaotic_corvid'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? N/A
4.75
Graphic: Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Outing, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Drug use, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Torture, Religious bigotry, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Classism, and Deportation
agnela's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.25
Maybe im too old but I think there are more important things in the world than to prove yourself, for example, actually deeply caring for your family member who you know through supernatural ties, is dead and missing. Or not holding a hot ghost boy on earth if he asks you to release his spirit just because you don't want to.
And how about actually making the last big sacrifice count, huh? How about we don't fix everything just because we have magic, how about if a character does this huge thing and finally does something selfishly unselfish, we let them have it, and if they're saved, we make sure there's consequences?
I missed explanations about the magical system. Indeed it was explained shallowly and the plot moved on. But I would have loved to actually explore tradition, how it changed, how the old traditions of native Latin Americans who worshipped a death goddess were influenced by Catholicism, why it's a danger and a rosary and not something more pagan and ancient. Why men's magical item had pagan roots while women's took a more modern approach.
It felt like the author loved her characters and the plot a bit too much to make it interesting, as a self insert usually keeps you from doing it.
Graphic: Child death, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation
birdie770's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Child death, Death, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Car accident, Dysphoria, and Deportation
immovabletype's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Deadnaming, Transphobia, Medical content, and Dysphoria
Minor: Animal death, Child death, Cultural appropriation, Classism, and Deportation
bashsbooks's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Transphobia, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Racism, Xenophobia, Classism, and Deportation
Minor: Animal death, Deadnaming, Gun violence, Medical content, and Alcohol
-The religious bigotry is in the context of a fantasy religion wherein there is a strict gender binary that has to be followed. Functionally, it mirrors real-world religious bigotry, but it does not draw on one specifically.theotherallie's review
- 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: Death, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Transphobia
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, and Death of parent
sunsorbit'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
4.0
Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Transphobia, Blood, and Grief
Moderate: Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child death, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Car accident, and Deportation
saskiahill's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Child death, Gore, Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Deadnaming, Sexism, and Religious bigotry
saltylane'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
4.75
Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent
Minor: Cursing, Deadnaming, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Transphobia, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Alcohol, Classism, and Deportation