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themoodreader's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- 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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Violence
Moderate: Blood, Death, Animal cruelty, and Violence
Minor: Blood, Death, Medical content, Confinement, Toxic friendship, Trafficking, Abandonment, Bullying, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, War, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Slavery
azaliz's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Such a good book! Almost all the characters are women, there's sapphic love in the corners (the MC is all about friendship and rage though), all sorts of skin color, lots of badassery and heavy fighting. There's also one disabled secondary character but her disability feels like a token, it's never addressed (but people are all accommodating to her, nobody is *too* nice, so I guess that's good).
I also love the lore and the universe of the story, it's fascinating! Plus the author is very good at explaining the way his world works, and at the beginning of Book Two he summarizes neatly what happened in the previous book, which is a nice touch.
The book contains some flash-forward and flashbacks that are very well done; we are often lead to believe certain things then discover ourselves that we were mistaken, without the characters explicitly explaining what the truth is. It feels very clever.
I also love the lore and the universe of the story, it's fascinating! Plus the author is very good at explaining the way his world works, and at the beginning of Book Two he summarizes neatly what happened in the previous book, which is a nice touch.
The book contains some flash-forward and flashbacks that are very well done; we are often lead to believe certain things then discover ourselves that we were mistaken, without the characters explicitly explaining what the truth is. It feels very clever.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, and Violence
Moderate: Bullying and Religious bigotry
Minor: Body shaming and Chronic illness
Lots of heavy and gory fighting. Some characters are treacherous (it's often the case in such books) but that's all the negative emotions the book contains: no sexism, no homophobia…
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