thedulcineaeffect'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
3.5
I'm really glad this is a book that challenges the "Not Like Other Girls" attitude without forcing Felicity to become more feminine than she is comfortable with, instead simply learning to understand girls can be intelligent and feminine and learning to support her more feminine friends.
I'm also really happy for Felicity being aroace rep, struggling with society's expectations for her to marry and bear children, but not being forced into a relationship at the end of the book.
Spoiler
That said I hope Sim gets to come back in future installments with a girlfriend of her own. I won't deny she and Felicity had some chemistry, but I'm glad that no side resented the other after discovering their orientations were incompatible and they were still able to be friends. I think that takes skill to pull off and the author landed it well.Graphic: Blood, Sexism, Misogyny, and Medical content
Moderate: Gun violence, Addiction, and Violence
Minor: Death of parent, Slavery, Animal death, and Acephobia/Arophobia
evelynyle_88'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: Sexism, Misogyny, and Medical content
Moderate: Violence, Addiction, and Gun violence
Minor: Animal death, Slavery, and Death of parent
blewballoon's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Violence and Blood
Minor: Sexism, Addiction, and Drug abuse
cataglyphis'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
4.5
Graphic: Medical content, Sexual assault, Blood, Misogyny, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, Addiction, Drug use, and Racism
Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia and Slavery
leonormsousa's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Moderate: Kidnapping, Medical content, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Racism, Trafficking, Violence, Gun violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Stalking, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Religious bigotry
water_violin'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: Violence, Medical content, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Chronic illness, Homophobia, Addiction, Kidnapping, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Gun violence
Minor: Drug use, Racism, Death of parent, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Vomit, and Religious bigotry
daryn's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Sexism and Gore
Moderate: Addiction
Minor: Death of parent
thesupermassive'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
3.75
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, and Blood
Minor: Addiction and Acephobia/Arophobia
elerireads'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
4.0
Spoiler
One thing that did bug me a bit was that the brother comes in and saves them at the end. For a novel that's been overtly and explicitly feminist, placing massive emphasis on female autonomy, having men swoop in and save them like damsels in distress left a very bitter taste.Minor: Addiction, Medical trauma, and Animal cruelty
abookandaspotoftea'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
1.5
Things that I loathe about this book:
- the normalization of white feminism
- the overt racism and Islamophobia
- the colonization fangirling
To @Mackenzi Lee and those who praised this book:
- Removing a person's ḥijāb without consent is a gross violation and should NEVER be normalized.
- Casually dropping the "N" word is NEVER okay. Also, get it through your daft head: the immediate assumption that black people are thieves and criminals is NOT okay. A half-hearted apology does not make up for this ridiculous shit. Stop using this as a trope.
- The idea that it is okay to plunder another nation for its resources is NOT okay. And sit your white feminist ass down with your holier-than-thou attitude that colonizers will use these looted resources to "heal" the world.
Graphic: Classism, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Addiction, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Islamophobia, Racism, Sexism, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Toxic friendship, and Misogyny