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camrich'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? Yes
4.25
Now for a bit of the negative points of this book for me. The main one was that the book spent all its time building up to this major event only for it to actually happen across 2, maybe 3 pages; I was obviously disappointed. That being said, I did think that it was cool to read about the effects of this event from the different character perspectives which softened the blow a bit. Another was how underdeveloped one of the main character’s story was, especially in comparison to another character who got lots of page time but had very little development (
Overall a solid start to the trilogy, will definitely be picking up Fevered Star and Mirrored Heavens to see how everything plays out!
Graphic: Murder, Blood, Gore, and Violence
Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Suicide, and Xenophobia
Minor: Alcohol, Sexual content, Animal death, and Genocide
effingunicorns's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
4.5
Fortunately, I persevered. Partially, of course, this was because I was still so hopeful about that third book. Partially, though, the more I read, the more it felt like the storyline I was struggling with was one that had to unfold somehow, and the more obvious it became just how limited those somehows were. And then things finally came to a head, that third storyline dripping with irony, and now I'm ready to start the second book this weekend in full sickos.jpg mode.
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Xenophobia
Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual content
avacadosocks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Death
Moderate: Sexual content, Suicide, and Child abuse
miss_vonnegut'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
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse and Violence
ivereads'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
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Gore, Death, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Suicide, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Torture, Alcoholism, Body horror, and Mental illness
Minor: Animal death, Cursing, Misogyny, War, Xenophobia, Grief, and Sexual content
yourbookishbff'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
5.0
Graphic: Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death, Ableism, Body horror, Medical content, Murder, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Abandonment, Torture, and Grief
Moderate: War and Genocide
emzhay's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Sexism, Gore, and Violence
Moderate: Classism
Minor: War and Rape
read_with_riley's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Vomit, Violence, Blood, Gore, Alcohol, and Slavery
itsbrianascall'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
4.5
Graphic: Violence, Death, and Blood
Moderate: Violence, Grief, Body horror, Xenophobia, Murder, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, and Ableism
rnorthie's review against another edition
5.0
Such good characters, setting, magic system and political system. Couldn’t put it down for the last 200 pages. Really great start to the year of reading. Loved that it was less of a western fantasy too, I think it added such good elements to the story.
Moderate: Gore and Violence