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sophiesmallhands's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Classism
shinyfox's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, and Violence
Moderate: Physical abuse, Blood, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Animal death, Gun violence, Death of parent, and War
spinebenderbooks'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? It's complicated
5.0
I typically don't take much note of descriptions in books, but the descriptions of the setting in this book were very evocative and brought to mind perfectly the loosely ancient Greek inspired setting. I loved the way this inspiration shows up in the mythology included in the series as well, and how the mythology parallels and informs the plot.
The protagonist, Eugenides, is such a fantastic example of
Graphic: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Medical content and Classism
Minor: Animal death, Fatphobia, Torture, Death of parent, and War
bzliz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This installment is largely focused on the travel portion of their quest which I personally enjoyed but I can understand how some readers wouldn’t enjoy that. Gen is such a delightful little scamp and a lot of major players in future books are laid out in this one. I’m so excited to start the second book again.
Graphic: Confinement, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Bullying, Physical abuse, and Classism
Minor: Death of parent
kingcrookback's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
That aside, I'm fascinated by this world Turner's constructed. It took me until about a third of the way through to realize that this world is less medieval fantasy like I'd--completely baselessly--assumed but more of an early modern fantasy. (Guns exist. They're not as accurate as crossbows, so firearm technology can't be said to be very advanced, but guns do very much exist. As do compasses.) Also--and this is not me saying I have a wide breadth of knowledge on this subject--I don't think I've ever read a fantasy story that was written fairly recently where the gods are both transcendent and immanent. The way they impact the world and the characters is super interesting.
Will be checking out the next book after I've taken a bit of a break from the world.
Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, and Violence
Moderate: Blood and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Death of parent
mandkips's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, and Violence
Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, and Blood
Minor: Death of parent
azrah786's review against another edition
2.5
CW: violence, blood, injury, murder, death, death of parent, confinement, torture, physical abuse
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You know those moments when you feel like you’ve read a different book to everyone else… this is one of those for me. After seeing so many raving reviews for this series over the years I was really excited to finally get a chance to read it but it was such a disappointment.
To put it short this book is SO SLOW!
The characters are travelling for half of the book but alongside the leading protagonist getting dragged along on this quest he doesn’t do much else other than eating and sleeping. Some history of the world and a couple of folk tales are shared between the characters every now and again but other than that nothing happens?
It took me way over a month to get to the half way point - keep in mind this book is less than 250 pages - and then I took to skim reading the rest even when the slightly better parts kicked in.
I did start to find myself a bit more fond of the protagonist in the second half of the book but I had got to the point where I just wanted to see the end that even the big reveal didn’t wow me. In fact I feel like I half guessed it would be the case.
Debating on whether I should still give the next book a chance so if you’ve read it and would say it’s better than book 1 feel free to convince me.
Final Rating – 2.5/5 Stars
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
silver_valkyrie_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Moderate: Death and Violence
Minor: Death of parent
deckledlens's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Moderate: Confinement
Minor: Death of parent