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porcupine_girl's review
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Religious bigotry, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Ableism, Genocide, Alcohol, Gore, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual assault, Violence, Miscarriage, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Trafficking, Classism, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, Body horror, Cursing, Alcoholism, Child death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Medical content, Torture, Blood, Colonisation, Confinement, Abandonment, Medical trauma, Murder, and Police brutality
Moderate: Addiction, Toxic relationship, and Gun violence
Minor: Sexual content, Infidelity, and Animal death
hutchmusic14'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
4.5
Graphic: Murder, War, Sexual violence, Self harm, Miscarriage, Xenophobia, and Domestic abuse
lisacanteven'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
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Blood, Body horror, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, War, and Colonisation
Minor: Addiction, Drug use, and Drug abuse
cozyscones'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: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Death, Miscarriage, Gore, Medical trauma, Torture, Blood, and Violence
Moderate: Colonisation, Addiction, Trafficking, Alcohol, and War
hailstorm3812's review
4.25
Graphic: Miscarriage, Blood, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Death of parent
Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Death, Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, War, Sexism, Xenophobia, Ableism, Colonisation, and Rape
Minor: Child abuse, Suicide, Abandonment, Child death, Animal death, and Animal cruelty
booksalacarte's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
Graphic: Colonisation, Confinement, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Violence, War, Domestic abuse, Gore, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Slavery, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Blood, Child death, Classism, Death, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, and Emotional abuse
haylzno's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
So many of the questions we were left with in book 1 were answered in this sequel and it was just so satisfying to start to put the pieces of the puzzle together and start to see the bigger picture.
That twist at the end?!?! Absolutely floored me.
I'm enjoyed that we got multiple POVs in this book vs. the (almost) singular POV from book 1.
We are introduced to a new character in this book and her POVs made me truly angry. There are certain tropes used that I am personally not a fan of. But regardless of how I feel about those tropes, they added a lot of substance to the plot and it served the story well!
Battle Drum picks up almost immediately where Final Strife left off and we are thrown into the thick of it right away which I loved. Final Strife took me a second to really get into but Battle Drum stole my interest from page 1.
I also adored the world building we got in this sequel. I need fan art of the giant mushrooms IMMEDIATELY.
I cannot waitttttt for the third book. I NEED ANSWERS SAARA
Thank you to netgalley, Penguin Random House and Saara for a copy of an eARC in exchange for an honest review
Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Sexual assault, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Murder, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Forced institutionalization
Moderate: War