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Faithbreaker
by Hannah Kaner
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
medium-paced
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
I found this a beautiful book to read at points, with some lush descriptions and deep and genuine character relationships. This finale does a much better job of bringing that to a larger, more desperate, scale than the second book achieves, and it’s well worth it. The political and battlefield manoeuvring are not too deep but engaging and really facilitate great character growth and tension.
The end of the book feels a bit short, with just an epilogue chapter after the climax - not too short for a single book, but it would be nice for the finale of a trilogy to take some more time to wrap up its threads before the reader leaves the world. Skediceth’s sacrifice was absolutely the right way to conclude the plot, and hits with a lot of emotion. Elo’s losses on the other hand fell a bit too heavy and with the rush of extra pain at the end can’t be fully processed. Lastly, the book really lives up to its title and deepens the world building set up in the first book by exploring what faith really means when it can be manifested so directly.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Self harm, Sexual content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Classism