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foreverinastory's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- 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
Read with the B2 Weird book club on Discord as our February book pick!
This was amazing!! Also so bloody and violent, lived for it all.
Rep: African cishet female MC, BIPOC cishet male side character, BIPOC female side character, MLM side pairing.
CWs: Violence, murder, death, racism, mentions of eugenics, torture, non-consensual medical experimentation, cannibalism, blood, gore, gun violence, injury/injury detail, fire, medical trauma. Moderate: sexism, misogyny, slavery, trafficking, mentions of sex work. Minor: suicide attempt, xenophobia, sexual harassment.
This was amazing!! Also so bloody and violent, lived for it all.
Rep: African cishet female MC, BIPOC cishet male side character, BIPOC female side character, MLM side pairing.
CWs: Violence, murder, death, racism, mentions of eugenics, torture, non-consensual medical experimentation, cannibalism, blood, gore, gun violence, injury/injury detail, fire, medical trauma. Moderate: sexism, misogyny, slavery, trafficking, mentions of sex work. Minor: suicide attempt, xenophobia, sexual harassment.
Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, and Trafficking
Minor: Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment
redthistle's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, and Murder
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Slavery
jenny_librarian's review
I received a copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review.
4 days in of 3+ hours reading and I'm still not halfway through despite everything going on. Hell, the "tournament" hasn't even started yet.
It's a good idea, but there's just way too many characters and way too much worldbuilding that doesn't ultimately give us anything. It's all so complicated that you get lost in between what is historical and what's fantasy. And it just keeps building up. Every time you think you'll get an answer, it's just more questions popping up that left me unsatisfied as a reader. I wanted to keep going, but after reading other reviews it doesn't seem to get any better and I have too many books to read to spend another 4-5 days on this one.
This is prime example of why the first book in a series should NOT be 500+ pages...
4 days in of 3+ hours reading and I'm still not halfway through despite everything going on. Hell, the "tournament" hasn't even started yet.
It's a good idea, but there's just way too many characters and way too much worldbuilding that doesn't ultimately give us anything. It's all so complicated that you get lost in between what is historical and what's fantasy. And it just keeps building up. Every time you think you'll get an answer, it's just more questions popping up that left me unsatisfied as a reader. I wanted to keep going, but after reading other reviews it doesn't seem to get any better and I have too many books to read to spend another 4-5 days on this one.
This is prime example of why the first book in a series should NOT be 500+ pages...
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Trafficking, Murder, and Colonisation
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Slavery, Medical trauma, and Sexual harassment
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