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decembermagpie's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Gaslighting, Violence, Child death, Death of parent, War, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, and Vomit
rae_bookmarkchronicles's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-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
2.0
My expectations were so high after loving Kingdom of Souls, but this fell so flat for me. What I loved about book 1 was the fast paced, always something happening, chaotic-ness of every page. While I understand that this book was about rebuilding from the aftermath I was still expecting to enjoy the second half.
The first half of this was so slow and boring and then even when things did start to pick up I felt like we were just playing the same game over and over again - this person is dead. Just kidding! They're fine. This person is resurrected. Just kidding! it wasn't even them. But this person....they're dead for real. Oh and everybody is possessed.
I'm still holding out hope that the third book is great though.
I'm still holding out hope that the third book is great though.
Content Warnings
Minor: Child death
aseel_reads's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
slow-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
3.75
I'm glad this book gave us lots of prior book lore/information, because I'd be so lost without it. I am interested in this world and I didn't feel like this feel into the middle book in a series slump but there is just something that is stopping me from giving it 4 stars? I think the pacing was a bit off and it took me a while to get into the groove of book
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, War, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Genocide, Violence, and Blood
Minor: Pedophilia
melaniereadsbooks's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
medium-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
4.25
Wow, this was such a good sequel to Kingdom of Souls!
It started a little slow which was kind of a problem for me. I was having trouble staying awake (mostly due to other, non-book-related reasons) so I ended up getting the audio and restarting it.
And I loved it! Even though it took a little while to pick up, it got so good. There are so many twists that I did not see coming and Arrah's grief and experiences feel so authentic and palpable. I am a little heartbroken by the ending but it's so good!
It started a little slow which was kind of a problem for me. I was having trouble staying awake (mostly due to other, non-book-related reasons) so I ended up getting the audio and restarting it.
And I loved it! Even though it took a little while to pick up, it got so good. There are so many twists that I did not see coming and Arrah's grief and experiences feel so authentic and palpable. I am a little heartbroken by the ending but it's so good!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Child death, Gore, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Grief
Minor: Sexual assault
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