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art_books_chemistry'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? No
5.0
Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Child death, War, Violence, Murder, and Gore
Moderate: Animal death and Slavery
Minor: Pregnancy, Confinement, Miscarriage, Classism, and Fire/Fire injury
musen_henning's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Torture, Slavery, Murder, Violence, War, Trafficking, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Pregnancy, Abortion, Rape, and Vomit
kes7706's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Kidnapping, Death, War, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Trafficking, and Violence
Moderate: Child death, Slavery, Animal cruelty, and Animal death
Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, and Sexual assault
inferiorwit's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Classism, Death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexism, Grief, Animal death, Kidnapping, Slavery, Gore, War, Vomit, Excrement, and Blood
Minor: Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Rape
house_of_hannah's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
This is definitely the darkest of the 4 books, but was one of the least interesting. The last 100 pages has most of the action, and the rest is basically just people living their lives in a Fort. It did feel nice to see/learn more about the side-characters, but it also felt a bit "too little too late".
Kel was the same as she's been in all of the books. She really never changes, nor has any difficulty accomplishing anything. The final climax of the book was about 2 pages, and that was it. Even the MC commented on how it wasn't what she expected.
Graphic: Blood, Death, Violence, Slavery, Murder, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Child death
Minor: Animal death and Rape
manarnia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Violence, Gore, Blood, Animal death, Child death, Child abuse, Death, Kidnapping, and Murder
Moderate: Trafficking, Sexism, Misogyny, and Slavery
Minor: Torture
victorianrogue's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Death, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Kidnapping, Medical content, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, and Trafficking
Minor: Miscarriage and Pregnancy
iamsammie27's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Moderate: Slavery, Kidnapping, Violence, Child death, and Murder
meganpbennett's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This was not my favorite of the quartet - I found the ending very abrupt, and it felt a bit like the author was trying to tie off loose ends by force. That being said, not-at-her-best Tamora Pierce is still leagues better than other authors at their best.
Graphic: Death, Gore, Kidnapping, and Blood
Moderate: Animal death, Grief, and Child death
Minor: Misogyny and Slavery