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ninahuynh's review
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- 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
3.75
Again, I think some of the sex scenes could be faded out or cut out and replaced with more soul-intimate scenes, if that makes sense. Some of the occurances just don't make sense holistically and I don't see Hades or Persephone going that route either. Like they just teleport from a horrid fight scene and then suddenly coitus 🤨😑 I skipped the Hades series as of this review, so it was my first encounter with the different povs and from characters other than Persephone and Hades. I enjoyed that. I think it was also a good way to transition out of this series to the next one!! I love the ending- it was sweet. I am excited to read more on Aphrodite and Hephaestus, and Dionysus and Ariadne.
Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual violence, War, Cursing, Physical abuse, Death, Body horror, Confinement, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Animal death, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Gore, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Ableism, Blood, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Suicide, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Chronic illness, Rape, and Sexism
amycourts's review
fast-paced
Graphic: Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, War, Suicide, Torture, Cursing, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual harassment
TW Sexual violence, rape These books are truly awful, the plot holes are enormous, how things get from this to that are forever all over the place. But the others were mostly the “leave me alone with my trash.” The sexual violence in this was other level and disturbingly so. And from the jump. She does not write it well — meaning, sometimes it’s written as though the person being assaulted enjoys it — and rape is extremely graphic. Take care. Not sure this was worth it.
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