crykea's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Wonderful wonderful wonderful! Finishing this book made me go "well, what the fuck."
Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death of parent, Kidnapping, War, Violence, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Gun violence
Minor: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child death, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Suicide, and Terminal illness
The minor content warnings are mentioned briefly in theSpoiler
realm of death.Spoiler
will and lyra are stalked by father Gomez in the mulefa's worldSpoiler
mrs coulier is kidnapped and confined by multiple people throughout the book, most often lord Asriel. Lyra begins the book in confinement after being kidnapped by Mrs Coulier as the end of the last book. The death of a parent tags refer to Lord Asriel and Mrs Coulier in the Metatron scene. The book has a through line theme of grief but it is especially poignant st the end in reference to will and lyra parting ways.
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