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rnbhargava'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
4.25
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexism, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism
There are references to the potential for SA throughout the book. Also, there’s literal references and allusions to slavery and the types of work involved in real life slavery also happening in this fictional world. The nobles are also quite misogynistic at times.sierraclimbs'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
It’s Avatar the Last Airbender but make it Victorian & instead of mastering the elements you burn metals to manipulate your surroundings. Also with a few “avatars” instead on one.
I also think the story is very similar in tone & characters to Six of Crowd by Leigh Bardugo. But it read a little more mature to me, while Six of Crows felt more YA. But I think if you enjoyed one you’d enjoy the other.
The world & magic system are so well thought out. Every time I thought I found a loophole it was explained away soon after as if the author was reading my mind!
This book honestly felt like a stand alone. But I am still eager to pick up the next in the series!
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Racism, Slavery, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Genocide, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Medical content, Grief, Murder, and War
marciareadsandrescues'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
luminescify'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
I absolutely fell in love with these characters. Found family is my all time favorite and this story had a lot of that. There was too much death though and I’m a sap. I want everyone alive and happy and healthy at the end of a story but with stories that go like this, it was inevitable.
The ending was really rushed but it makes sense as there’s like 57 more books in this series so…do I pick up the next one? Can I handle the heartbreak? Stay tuned.
Graphic: Death, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Hate crime, Slavery, and War
Minor: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, and Abandonment
emsavors'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: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
mae_is_trying'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
5.0
Graphic: Classism
Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Body horror, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, and War
serena_hien'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: Ableism, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Torture
Minor: Rape
schoha01'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
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Abandonment
jelkebooks'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
4.0
However, after the first 100 pages or so I REALLY got into this book. The story was really compelling, the world incredibly interesting, and the characters were great to follow. I do have to say that Vin got on my nerves a little bit at times, but she did go through a lot of developement throughout the book, and I'm excited to see her journey throughout the rest of the series. Kelsier was absolutely unhinged, but in the best way possible, and I really loved our crew of side characters. I was quite gripped by the entire book, although at times it felt like not much was happening. However, I feel like every word is purposeful for this book, or the rest of the series. I just feel like even though I had a great time reading this book, mostly it just felt like a four star to me, with potential of a five star later on in the series.
Then those last 150 pages or so happened and they BLEW MY MIND. Oh my god, things started happening, were extremely action packed, and there were just so many twists and turns I just absolutely did not see coming but still felt like a natural progression of the story. My heart was just absolutely racing, and it just was easy 5 star material. Honestly, finishing this book gave me such an adrenaline rush. I absolutely can't wait to continue on with this story because this was such a solid foundation for things, and it can only go up from here, and it is already at a really high point for me. So yeah, it didn't end up being a 5 star in total, but it's really fucking close. If I did decimal point rating this would 100% be a 4.75.
Moderate: Slavery and Grief
Minor: Physical abuse and Rape
jonwood'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
4.0
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Torture, Violence, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Classism
Minor: Sexual assault