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esther626'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
4.5
Graphic: Body horror and Gore
Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Cannibalism, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Child death and Blood
bamfling's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: War
Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, and Abandonment
zuha_kh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Cannibalism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail
venusdapoopiehead's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
1. schizophrenia was not at all well represented in this book. schizophrenia is made to seem like something that’s both unpredictable and dangerous, which is not always the case, and there’s multiple times where penryn calls her mother “crazy” and “insane” due to her schizophrenia. the author could’ve done a much better job at doing some research on the condition but instead chose not to and did such a disservice to those with schizophrenia, which is just so unacceptable
2. penryn is completely antagonistic towards her mother despite the fact that we as the reader have been given little to no reason or evidence for penryn’s mom being a bad person. to me it just seems like she just hates her mom due to her mental illness which is bizarre to me. it would’ve made much more sense for the author to add small flashbacks to times when her mother was a bad mom towards her and her sister paige, ie some flashback of her mom abusing them or something, but any information as to how her mom might’ve been before the angels invaded is incredibly vague and not at helpful for understanding penryn’s difficult relationship with her mom.
3. the overall concept is incredibly cool but done so poorly. there’s no clear motive as to why the angels invaded earth and caused all this mass destruction, and if there WAS some sort of motive behind it all it was not explained well enough
4. both penryn and raffe were annoying asf throughout this whole book and it made me wanna rip my hair out. small spoiler >
5. the writing at times was atrocious. there were often times some grammatical errors or sentences that made no sense, or even sentences that were repeated multiple times, almost as if the writer was trying to fill a word count or something. i should not be seeing grammatical errors and weird sentences in a published piece of work, PERIOD.
TLDR: the only good thing about this book is that it’s fairly fast paced and if you either aren’t a busy student or a grown adult working a full time job, you can probably complete this in about a day or two. otherwise, the characters are either not written well or just plain annoying, the concept was executed quite poorly, and the writing was just ridiculous at times. just in general a waste of my time
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: War
ameydireads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Graphic: Child death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement
Minor: Alcoholism, Death, Slavery, Vomit, Abandonment, and Alcohol
mxnidebz'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
4.0
Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Racism, Cannibalism, Murder, and Colonisation
justkarlah's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.25
Reading it again now, my only complaint is how young Penryn is. Growing up makes you realize how YOUNG a 17-year-old really is. It's true she had to 'grow up' mentally and take care of her younger sister since their mother wasn't capable of doing so, but it still feels wrong how young she is. Especially when she's falling for an immortal angel.
I liked the characters, good and bad. They all seemed to have their own personalities and backgrounds, and didn't feel two-dimensional.
This was a fast-paced book; you're basically at the edge of your seat the entire time. Penryn's determination to save her sister forces her to join Raffe, an angel who's wings were cut off and who now has to walk back to where the angels are in San Francisco. Their alliance leads to an eventful trip full of danger, both from humans and monsters alike.
I would recommend this book to anyone interested in a dark fantasy series about angels and the end of the world.
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual harassment
cait's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Minor: Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail
karaboureview's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Genocide, Sexual content, Trafficking, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and War
fremzz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, and Blood
Moderate: Medical trauma
Minor: Drug use, Torture, Medical content, and Alcohol
Content warning clarifications (lightly spoilery): Mental illness: Mc’s mum has schizophrenia. Medical trauma: Mc’s sister is wheelchair bound because of a childhood accident (she isn’t much in the book though). Alcohol: Champagne at a party (can’t remember if there were other types of alcohol). Drug use: Unknown angels smoke at a party.