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emeraldrina'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: Gore, Sexual assault, Drug use, Vomit, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Addiction, Excrement, Cursing, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Murder, Rape, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Drug abuse, Abandonment, and Blood
Minor: Cancer
patienceholmes'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: Drug abuse, Drug use, Murder, Sexual assault, Death, Violence, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Abandonment, Gore, Grief, Sexism, Torture, Racism, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Medical content, Vomit, Antisemitism, Cancer, Classism, Cursing, and Gaslighting
bi_n_large'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
4.5
Graphic: Sexual assault, Mental illness, Gore, Drug abuse, Murder, Death, Child abuse, and Rape
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Death of parent and Cancer
horizonous's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Drug abuse, Rape, Excrement, and Gore
Moderate: Murder, Terminal illness, Blood, Racism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, and Violence
Minor: Vomit and Cancer
◦ Drug abuse = incl. being druggedchronicacademia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Grief, Vomit, Body horror, Drug use, Excrement, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Death, Abandonment, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Racism, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Violence
Minor: Cancer
taylormoore's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Murder and Sexual assault
Moderate: Blood, Drug abuse, Death, Addiction, Violence, Classism, Sexual violence, and Drug use
Minor: Cancer
hellofromdylan'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
4.5
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Murder, Sexual assault, Drug use, Domestic abuse, and Vomit
Minor: Classism, Blood, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, and Cancer
ktv'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: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Death, Blood, Body horror, Addiction, Cursing, Pedophilia, Drug use, Murder, Trafficking, Alcohol, Gore, Racism, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Rape, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Classism, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Physical abuse, and Adult/minor relationship
Minor: Slavery, Cancer, Excrement, and Antisemitism
aliyachaudhry'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
2.0
Graphic: Bullying, Violence, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Child abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Body horror, Cursing, Drug use, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Pedophilia
Moderate: Antisemitism, Gaslighting, Stalking, and Xenophobia
Minor: Cancer and Racism
clarisseep's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
This book has been on my TBR since it came out, even before I read the Six of Crows duology and the Shadow and Bone trilogy and it received TREMENDOUS amounts of hype, so I had (fairly) high expectations for this book
In itself the concept and premise of it seemed a great idea to me: a "magical underworld" in Yale with secret societies, the place of magic with privilege, wealth, class, race
but EVERY deeper topic was only brushed over and even the presence of rape too???
when the main character is a poor female PoC and the literal overall villains rich white men abusing magic (and everything else) and the cause of all the problems a white woman from the 1800s???
you see the very little insistence on race and gender and wealth but somehow it ends up being like this?
I feel like I cannot really find what I have to say with this point, but you just bore with me while reading all of this: me trying to make a point without really knowing what to say
I think I also have problems with this book's pace which is, shortly said, truly inconsistent and hard to get into... until almost the end
in conclusion, I'm honestly disappointed, because I expected way more, but I still want to read the next one to see if it's going to be as bad as this one
Moderate: Blood, Addiction, Alcohol, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Kidnapping
Minor: Cancer