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20sidedbi'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: Grief, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Violence, Body horror, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Torture, Murder, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Blood, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Sexual content
adancewithbooks'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
I always liked Carter even though he was a bit brass. His friendship with Ox from the start was genuine and had nothing to do with Joe, well little but the start anyway. But he was always a bit more removed from the romantical side of things. He didn't seem to be looking for more than a good time. But when Gavin was torn from him at the end of Heartsong he realized what the timberwolf meant to him. I did think their romance was a bit forced by the situation where they felt it was needed that they mated so that they were sure that Gavin wouldn't be influenced by his father. I think that was a shame because I felt that they needed more time with one another. On the other hand they do work. Even if Carter is awkward as heck that he now has a boyfriend instead of girlfriend.
There are some things about the plot that didn't quite work for me. How the pack came to the rescue just at the right moment. That they waited for Livingstone to break free and come to them when they had him trapped or what about that thing with Ox?
But I am and always will be so mighty invested in the characters and these bonds that I could read right through it and not be too bothered.
Moderate: Body horror and Murder
Minor: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Torture
Traumaharmonique's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Death, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief
Moderate: Death of parent
kharlan3's review against another edition
There are a few things I like less though.
1) maybe it's because I read/listened to the whole series (~1800 pages) in less than a week, less than 3 months since the first time I read them all (also in one week), but there are some turns of phrase that started to feel really repetitive: "breathed [them] in", "growled lowly/low in [their] throat", "only had eyes for [them]", "shifting/grinding of muscle and bone", "an aria of blue", describing smiles as "blinding" or "secret", describing pain as "glassy", and the repetition of the "wolves, ravens, hearts, brothers" motif. If I had the ebooks, I'd look up how many times these turns of phrase happen, but it feels like a LOT.
2) The consistent references to people or land or power that "belongs to us" or "what's ours" or people don't "get to" do or say things feels icky.
3) I want more Gavin! I want more of his history, more of his perspective, more of his dialog.
4) Stop trying to make Thomas Bennett happen! I like him as a mate who Elizabeth misses terribly, but he was around, in a present way, too much for me in this one.
5) The running "how will you know what to do with a dick" thing felt consistently really gender essentialist and icky to me. Also, does Carter not know about Google?
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, and Violence
Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, and Pregnancy