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the_bibliomaniac's review against another edition
2.75
Graphic: Sexual content and Pregnancy
alizah's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Ableism, Abandonment, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic
ameydireads's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Rape, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and War
val_theburrowofstories's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Murder
Moderate: Death, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, and Death of parent
marenm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
taylorleilani's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury
grac0n's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Trigger warning for this book: sexual assault themes. The power of manipulation, both in people’s minds and in their view of other people’s physique is a big part of this book. Levana, main character, is a broken child (15/16) who uses her talent for manipulation to coerce a guard to “love her.” Her most serious attempt occurred when she was 16 and the guard was 26? I skipped a lot of conversations where Levana is actively manipulating the guard because it was just close enough to r@PE to make the reader uncomfy. Plus also she’s a literal child trying to make an adult man desire her. It’s rough. She successfully coerces him into marriage. Their sex habits are alluded to, I think, but I was skimming still, so I do not know if she was still that young when they did it. This story is helpful to know why Levana is the way she is and how she got there, but it does a great job making sure you’re not empathetic at the end, which is important. If you decide to skip, it will not harm your reading journey for the Lunar Chronicles. </spoilers>
As a standalone novel, this book is meh. But taking into account the larger story at play, and that this is a backstory to a great villain in the Lunar Chronicles, it was not an unenjoyable read. Prior knowledge of the world is necessary before reading this book.
It’s a sad, heartbreaking story. The formation of a villain from a young princess who just wanted to be beautiful and loved. Same girl, but her methods are so wrong, and they’re what make her a ruthless villain. Marissa Meyer does a great job telling this brief story. It illicits strong reactions: sadness, disgust, horror, embarrassment, heartbreak.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, and Death
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
tiana_king's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Infidelity, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
Minor: Sexual assault
riyket75's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Body shaming
t_swizzle'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? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Infertility, Blood, Death of parent, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Violence and Pregnancy