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takarakei'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
3.75
It felt a tad dated or basic in terms of discussions of trans people, but that’s definitely my opinion as someone who knows trans/non-binary people irl and interacts with the community. For the average person perhaps this will be a great starting point to trans inclusion and why it matters especially in feminism.
I wish the magic system was explained a bit better. The witches seemed to be able to do almost anything which just seemed a bit too convenient at parts. I would also say it generally leans much more character driven vs plot even tho there is some plot. I did appreciate the multiple POVs cause I think that structure really worked for this story. I can’t say whether I will continue the series or not
Graphic: Death, Transphobia, and Violence
Moderate: Child abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, and War
Minor: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Dysphoria
mcshnick'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
3.0
Graphic: Death and Transphobia
Moderate: Violence and War
Minor: Homophobia, Racism, and Sexual violence
emw29's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Deadnaming, Death, Hate crime, Transphobia, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Homophobia and Racism
adoto's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
But this book got hard to read. Sometimes it was prose issues: there were times it felt like plot points or dialogue were inspired a little too much by Twitter, and the writing was overall quite on the nose. There were moments that were beautifully written but dark and difficult to swallow. The chapters in Helena's head were especially unbearable, even though I understood why they needed to be written.
In the end I'm really glad that those who grew up loving Harry Potter but no longer feel now have a better UK magic universe to work with.
Graphic: Transphobia
Moderate: Violence
jaynovara'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: Body shaming, Deadnaming, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, and Murder
Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Abandonment, Dysphoria, War, and Injury/Injury detail
fourhand13's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
I feel like a lot of people are jumping the gun to be like "thing bad so that means book bad >:(" with any of the iffy things depicted (e.g.
The dialogue comes across as quite cheesy and stereotypical at times and I do think the writing quality went down a touch towards the end with the action scenes but over all, not the worst read.
Aside from the openly noted content warnings I will say that if you have an aversion to animal death skip chapter 1 (niamh's first one) at least and possibly parts of chapter 21.
Also if you're susceptible to paranoia about having people read your thoughts, this might be a miss too cos there's a LOT of that.
Graphic: Animal death, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, Murder, and Outing
Moderate: Child abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Violence, Grief, and War
Minor: Injury/Injury detail
tw for mind reading/ invasion of thoughts,ashley_a_reads'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? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Transphobia, Violence, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Animal death, Death, Sexual content, Blood, and Car accident
Minor: Infidelity and Racism
haddy'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? Yes
4.25
The ending!!! Wtf!!!!
I listened to the audio book and Nicola Coghlan is probably one of the best narrators I’ve listened to:)
Only negatives was it was a little slow to start, and sometimes the decisions some of the characters made no sense (to me).
Graphic: Racism and Transphobia
Moderate: Violence
Minor: War
danajoy's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Death, Transphobia, Violence, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and War