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kpturner90'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? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Death and Murder
Minor: Sexual content
julalbert56'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? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Murder, Suicide attempt, Death, and Gore
shesreadingagain_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I cannot recommend this enough.
Graphic: Death
bookishde's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Death, Murder, and Fatphobia
styxx'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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Xenophobia, Outing, Suicide attempt, Grief, Bullying, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, and Murder
inkysplodge'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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Murder, Self harm, Death, Classism, and Cursing
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Suicide attempt, Blood, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol
Minor: Death of parent, Fatphobia, Suicide, Vomit, Animal death, and Sexual content
hailstorm3812's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Child death and Death
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Toxic friendship
whiteraven191's review against another edition
1.0
The other glaring problem is the world-building. This is a murder mystery, but the lynchpin of the mystery is the magic system. And the magic system is a very soft magic system. Each of the characters has a unique magic power, but there don't seem to be any rules for how powerful those Blessings are or what they can be. This means that the reader can't solve the murder mystery on their own because we don't have all the pieces. Funnily enough, neither does the protagonist. He just kind of stumbles around blindly talking about how he wants to solve the murders but doesn't actually manage to save anyone. He has to be told what's happening.
That's not the only problem with the world-building. The kingdom is split into 12 regions that each have their own gimmick. This means we have a ton of characters to keep track of so they all end up with one personality trait and don't ever show more depth than that. The regions themselves also don't make sense. Most of them flow naturally into each other on the map, but the Siberia region is right next to the Texas region with no geographical barriers or anything to explain the wildly different biomes. It's like the author wanted to write someone with a stereotypical Russian accent so she just crowbarred a Siberia into the map with no care for logic.
Graphic: Death
amy14'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: Grief, Alcohol, Blood, Chronic illness, Classism, Cursing, Death, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts
quitegood's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Death, and Suicide attempt