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justscarlette'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Murder
Minor: Torture
debstrain'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
4.75
It’s giving everything every lovable YA book gave, back in the day, but with adult themes thrown in there too.
I’m honestly obsessed with Oleander, she’s like a swearier Katniss Everdeen 🤣
Love this book and the only reason it’s not getting a full 5⭐️ is because I’m livid at how much I’m going to have to fork out for the rest of the series. Can’t seem to find second hand versions anywhere and with each of the later books all costing between £16.99- £19.99, this new addiction will likely set me back almost £100 💀💀💀💀 (absolutely not gonna be able to stop me though 😅)
Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Violence, Vomit, and War
Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, and Lesbophobia
jellyfists's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment
sarah_kite's review
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Toxic relationship
Minor: Sexual content
librarymelancholia's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? No
1.0
Yeah umm no. Nope, nuh uh, 1 star. Where are the trigger warnings? I thought maybe it was just because I listened to the audiobook, but nope. I just checked the Kindle edition and there's none. From what I can tell there's none on the author's website either. There's sa, literal sa, in this supposedly spicy book, and that's the extent of the smut, a r* scene. F* this book.
Olli, our main character is insufferable. Constantly whining, complaining and unnecessarily using the word freaking every other sentence. She's 19 but acts like a child.
The book feels so repetitive and goes nowhere. The main character is supposedly super powerful and scary but has to hide it all away and can't tell her fated bonds a single word about any of it. They all treat each other horribly and even the one guy who's decent, I'm sitting here wondering when he's gonna flip. Toxic with a capital T all but the one.
The r* culture just being accepted and acceptable is beyond wild. The fact that Olli is sa'd and the author goes above and beyond to convince us and the characters that it wasn't actually sa makes me so mad. The author could have done something really good with that narrative and spoken to what a victim of sa goes through, but instead gaslights Olli, her bonds, and us.
Among other triggers is k*dnapping, emotional ab*se, physical ab*se, mis*gyny, g*slighting, t*rture, domestic ab*se, cl*ssism, false impr*sonment, conf*nement, v*ctim blaming, and probably a whole lot more I'm forgetting.
On the language side of things, "freaking" appears 179 times, "b*tch" 55 times, "f*ck" 466 times, "sh*t" 181 times, "a*shole" 62 times, "d*ck" 34 times, and "d*mn" 63 times.
Originally this was just meh, like a train wreck I couldn't look away from. I was alternating between 3 and 2 stars. After finding out there's no trigger warnings whatsoever, it's a 1 for me. This may just be my new hated book on the same level as Haunting Adeline. I picked up book 2 from Libby because apparently I like torturing myself. I thought it had to get better. We'd turn around the plot on the r*ist and do something about him, but no. She's just crying over her freaking leather boots she couldn't live without that she lost in book 1. Like what?
Olli is a total mean girl, not a girl's girl.
The only good thing going for this book is that the cover art is gorgeous. So maybe we should stop judging books by their covers. Smh.
Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, and Classism
Moderate: Body shaming, Self harm, and Lesbophobia
kinsportch's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Sexual content
sweetteaandfiction's review
- 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
PROS:
🖤The gifted system
🤍The fact the gifted have a rift that reminds me of the X-Men VS The Brotherhood
🖤Everyone has their own lives and trauma that predate the story being told and help shape it.
🤍Sage
🖤All the unique gifts
CONS:
🤍The Bonds not giving Oleander the benefit of the doubt about running away when they know the Resistance exists
🖤The Resistance
🤍The fact people treat any of the other gifted like they are lesser or scary or anything other than just equal.
👢👢👢👢👢 out of five perfect pairs of thrifted boots
Graphic: Abandonment
Moderate: Misogyny, Violence, and Stalking
Minor: Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Death of parent
leikyr's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Abortion
fromlindenmere's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism
Moderate: Drug use
whatkatyread87's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, and Death of parent