book_girl4ever'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: War and Violence
raila_h's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
3.75
Moderate: Injury/injury detail, Violence, War, and Death
ripxw's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Animal death, Murder, Gore, Injury/injury detail, Animal cruelty, and Blood
Moderate: Torture, Death, War, and Death of parent
Minor: Alcoholism
fionareads2much's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Strong, badass women
Corban and Storm
The last 200 pages
Things I didn't like: graphic descriptions of animal harm/death
Too many characters and POVs
The first 400 pages are soooooo slowwwww
I don't think the prophecy was explained enough, especially since it was the main plot
Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and War
dani_reis's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Alcoholism, Death, Animal death, and War
Animal deathSpoiler
there is a pack of wolves that die in a hunt. Young cubs are killed. One does survive. It is an important moment of the story.aliteralhobbit's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Minor: War, Death of parent, and Violence
kat1105's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Physical abuse, Death, Injury/injury detail, Murder, Blood, Child abuse, Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Emotional abuse, Ableism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, War, Torture, and Violence
ladybugwrites's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
I decided to try not to focus on that (but as a writer it's hard), and I did actually enjoy the book. It picked up the things I commented on in the beginning and they didn't appear by the second half of the book. I am thankful for that because if it did, I'm not sure I would've made it through.
With that said, the story itself is intriguing and, despite only giving this 3.5 starts, I will pick up the next book mainly because I want to know what happens to the characters I like and if my countless predictions are correct. As with any intriguing book, it's always nice to know when you've noticed the foreshadowing.
Now, I gave minus one start, maybe some more, due to the annoyance of the writing at the start. But the rest of the minus goes to the dislike of characters, generally. I absolutely adore Corban, and Cywen and most of the people that are part of those POVs. I liked Veradis and Kastell the first few times I read their chapters, btu eventually, I came to be completely indifferent towards them. Even if what their chapters were about, I wanted to skip them, and that is a major downside to a book. I want to be engaged all the way through, I want to want to read every POV, but frankly, only Corban's really made me keep reading. He's also the main reason I'm reading on, because I like him and I want to know what happenes to him next.
I don't actually know if this books is worth picking up. It's definitely intriguing in it's own way, and reminds of Game of Thrones with the intrigues and games played, but it also has some originialty. I do wish, that for once, I could pick up a high fantasy written by a man that isn't also misogynistic (because that is a choice they all make and it's annoying), that said the female characters were well written and I am thankful for that.
I don't know what more to say. Kinda annoyed I didn't like this considering all the five stars, but you can't like everything.
Graphic: Violence, War, Injury/injury detail, and Genocide
Minor: Misogyny
t_higgsreviews's review
4.0
CAWPILE = 7.07
Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, War, Animal death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/injury detail, and Violence
Moderate: Vomit
darkefyres'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? No
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Violence, War, Alcohol, Animal death, Death, Murder, and Gore
Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, and Child death
Minor: Injury/injury detail, Grief, Physical abuse, and Torture