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alyxbeau's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Oh I loved this very quickly. It's much more complex than books I've read recently which I thoroughly appreciate! I think all the characters had distinctly unique narration and you could tell who it was who was speaking quickly and clearly.
The subject matter of time and space has always been fascinating to me, and this book while complex, is still approachable. It doesn't make you feel bad for not inherently understanding what these brilliant medians are talking about. In fact, it does not particularly need to make sense in your own brain in order to understand how amazing what they are studying and accomplishing is.
I'm super excited to read the future books and find out what happens!
The subject matter of time and space has always been fascinating to me, and this book while complex, is still approachable. It doesn't make you feel bad for not inherently understanding what these brilliant medians are talking about. In fact, it does not particularly need to make sense in your own brain in order to understand how amazing what they are studying and accomplishing is.
I'm super excited to read the future books and find out what happens!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide
Moderate: Murder and Toxic friendship
Minor: Terminal illness
izabelstohel's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Content Warnings
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Murder
ashxiio's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- 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? Yes
5.0
It was quite slow but the author would slowly reveal small plot twists throughout which
aims to mislead you because the big key plot twist warps everything you’ve read so it’s totally unpredictable because you see each character’s perspective apart from the ones who are truly the masterminds behind these particular initiates being chosen so you are seeing it through their lens and are even more confused and creating personal theories which makes what really happens at the end more surprising than anything else because we now finally know what’s happening but the characters still don’t know the real reason why they’re there. I’m definitely reading the other books in this trilogy! I have a feeling everything I just wrote made no sense I was aiming to not spoil so it’s a book you need to read if you want to understand what I wrote 😭 it’s also got such a diverse set of characters and it’s such refreshing representation in all honesty :’)
aims to mislead you because the big key plot twist warps everything you’ve read so it’s totally unpredictable because you see each character’s perspective apart from the ones who are truly the masterminds behind these particular initiates being chosen so you are seeing it through their lens and are even more confused and creating personal theories which makes what really happens at the end more surprising than anything else because we now finally know what’s happening but the characters still don’t know the real reason why they’re there. I’m definitely reading the other books in this trilogy! I have a feeling everything I just wrote made no sense I was aiming to not spoil so it’s a book you need to read if you want to understand what I wrote 😭 it’s also got such a diverse set of characters and it’s such refreshing representation in all honesty :’)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Murder
Moderate: Sexual harassment
Minor: Death of parent
Spoiler freeblack_cat_iiix's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Classism
Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
literatehedgehog's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
A twisted character study - what is forged by magical power and trauma.
This lies somewhere between Novik's deadly education series (but a different kind of darkness) and Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell (secret society with a magical library in London).
The first three quarters were fascinating, I kept wanting to read just one more chapter, no matter which character was the focus. The end was ... Underwhelming? Abrupt? I already knew it was a trilogy, it definitely ends as if you're immediately picking up the next. Maybe I will.
This lies somewhere between Novik's deadly education series (but a different kind of darkness) and Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell (secret society with a magical library in London).
The first three quarters were fascinating, I kept wanting to read just one more chapter, no matter which character was the focus. The end was ... Underwhelming? Abrupt? I already knew it was a trilogy, it definitely ends as if you're immediately picking up the next. Maybe I will.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Child abuse
bookcasey's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
The audiobook has multiple narrators, one for each POV represented, split chapter-by-chapter.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt
Minor: Violence and Antisemitism
Brief and unexpected description of an antisemetic mass shootingmalinxzoe's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Murder
Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, and Alcohol
danaegg's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Emotional abuse and Alcohol
bergha1998's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
I just didn’t like it. The plot wasn’t very interesting and most of the main characters were insufferable. I’m okay with Libby and like 1/2 the time with Tristan and Nico. Also, the whole question of if knowledge should be kept or shared is utter bullshit, of course it should be shared.
Dark Academia, Secret Society, Magic, 1 🔥
“A uniquely upsetting curse, really, how little he knew how to exist when she wasn’t there.”
Dark Academia, Secret Society, Magic, 1 🔥
“A uniquely upsetting curse, really, how little he knew how to exist when she wasn’t there.”
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder
oceanic_rabbit's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Would have DNF'ed at page 100 if it weren't for spoilers and a friend promising it gets better. Which it did, but I'm not sure it's worth of ~150 pages of frankly dislikeable (not in the fun way) characters doing not very interesting things and acting immaturely. The achievement of this book is saying you read it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide