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journeythroughthechapters's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- 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
3.0
Thoughts
I'm conflicted. I don't know if I liked this book or not. As I was reading it I didn't feel compelled to keep picking it up and to me that's a sign I wasn't fully invested in this book. But I'm saying that I didn't hate it.
Things I liked
- The Relationships: Specifically the loyalty. I love the loyalty Mia fosters around her and in turn projects. She hurts deeply when someone she loves dies and will do anything for the ones she loves. That is something I love and respect in characters.
- The Action: there was a lot of mini plots and side quests to get to the bigger overarching plot. I like this plot style but I do feel the book was dragged out a bit. But overall I think it was done well.
Things I didn't love
- The Writing: this got to me a little bit this time round. It was trying to be funny but towards the end it got a bit much. I mainly mean the section where the author breaks the forth wall. He takes the piss out of the footnotes and I felt like it was just flogging a dead horse. It was just unnecessary.
- The Pacing: I talked a bit about that above. But there were some mini battles that were super short and that surprised me.
- The Romance: my biggest gripe is they were written to be this iconic OTP BUT all there was in my eyes was smut. And if that's what it was written to be that they were with each other for the sex I'd be down for that. But there was a push that they were each other's one true love but there wasn't enough emotional scenes for me to believe they were meant to be.
It was a decent conclusion but I felt a little underwhelmed unfortunately.
Representation
Gay (side character), Albino (side character), Bisexual (main character), POC (side character)
Trigger Warning
Violence, Blood, Child Rape (mention no description), Child Abuse/Violence, Suicide, Self Harm
I'm conflicted. I don't know if I liked this book or not. As I was reading it I didn't feel compelled to keep picking it up and to me that's a sign I wasn't fully invested in this book. But I'm saying that I didn't hate it.
Things I liked
- The Relationships: Specifically the loyalty. I love the loyalty Mia fosters around her and in turn projects. She hurts deeply when someone she loves dies and will do anything for the ones she loves. That is something I love and respect in characters.
- The Action: there was a lot of mini plots and side quests to get to the bigger overarching plot. I like this plot style but I do feel the book was dragged out a bit. But overall I think it was done well.
Things I didn't love
- The Writing: this got to me a little bit this time round. It was trying to be funny but towards the end it got a bit much. I mainly mean the section where the author breaks the forth wall. He takes the piss out of the footnotes and I felt like it was just flogging a dead horse. It was just unnecessary.
- The Pacing: I talked a bit about that above. But there were some mini battles that were super short and that surprised me.
- The Romance: my biggest gripe is they were written to be this iconic OTP BUT all there was in my eyes was smut. And if that's what it was written to be that they were with each other for the sex I'd be down for that. But there was a push that they were each other's one true love but there wasn't enough emotional scenes for me to believe they were meant to be.
It was a decent conclusion but I felt a little underwhelmed unfortunately.
Representation
Gay (side character), Albino (side character), Bisexual (main character), POC (side character)
Trigger Warning
Violence, Blood, Child Rape (mention no description), Child Abuse/Violence, Suicide, Self Harm
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Animal death and Suicide
Minor: Rape and Self harm
whatevertheysay's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
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? It's complicated
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Gore, Murder, and Sexual content
Moderate: Incest
Minor: Child abuse
finkydink's review against another edition
Got to chapter 35, author killed off Ash . I'm sick of the bury your gays trope, so I decided to stop reading. I also was not a fan of how "meta" the book became. After 2 books of great storytelling, the finale fell short.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Excrement
Minor: Incest
breezer's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- 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
5.0
What a (quite literally) earth shattering ending. Couldn't ask for anything more
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Death, Gore, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Suicide
wardenred's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Part of having is the fear of losing.
Part of creating is the fear of breaking.
Part of beginning is the fear of your ending.
Fear is never a choice.
Never a choice.
But letting it rule you is.
I've started this review a few times and inevitably descended into lots and lots of spoilers for the entire trilogy. So instead of listing my entire jumble of thoughts, I'll be brief. This is a wonderful conclusion to the trilogy, unexpected in the way only inevitable things can be. It's got plenty of blood, sharp twists, sharper wit, characters fluent in deadpan snark, beautiful moments of pathos, horrible depictions of deaths, interesting worldbuilding, and, of course, vengeance. The book made me laugh a lot and cry at least four times.
Also, early on I thought the author was being too quick with revealing a few things the previous two novels were building up to. But the way he then twisted those reveals, and how much more exciting stuff he built upon them? Perfection.
Read for the following October 2020 readathons:
- BooAThon: Blood
- StrangeAThon: Finish a series
- Sbooktober: Fantasy Costume (Fantasy)
- Gothtober2020: Female protagonist
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, and Sexual content
Moderate: Torture
Minor: Pedophilia
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