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davonysus's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Vomit, and Alcohol
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Excrement, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic
vi_king's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, and Murder
It's a dark and violent stiry and doesn't recoil from that at all. It doesn't leave you reckoning with it really, just facing it and accepting it as part of the events.luise96's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Minor: Death of parent
cassie7e's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Gore, Blood, Murder, and Classism
Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Alcohol
kiwij96's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Criticisms aside, the story was full of twists and turns and more deaths that a season of Grey's Anatomy. The worldbuilding was full of description and even had its own calendar system. The characters were fantastically written, both good and bad characters. They brought me joy, anger, and heartbreak at times. Locke is an interesting character to me because as someone who is supposed to be the brains of the operation, he sure does make a whole bunch of mistakes and then continues acting like he is the cleverest being known to man.
I am unsure if I will continue the trilogy as this one felt like it could be a standalone, but we shall see.
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Vomit, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Animal death and Classism
maidofbees's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, and Sexual content
Minor: Terminal illness
itsdaytime's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
I really liked the interludes that Lynch included. It gave the reader more information on the world without needed a blatant explanation. The interludes were either stories from the Locke's or his brothers' childhood or stories from their city-state.
Graphic: Death, Torture, Vomit, and Murder
Moderate: Stalking
Minor: Slavery and Terminal illness
jcsnow's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Torture and Murder
abhss's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Torture and Violence
Moderate: Murder
juliabythebook'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
4.5
The only thing keeping me from giving this 5 stars is the pacing. I think this could have really benefited from being 100 pages shorter. There’s an insane mid-book climax that left my jaw on the ground only to quickly fall back into a long winded and light thieving scene that lasted way too long. I wish we had seen a bit more of the side characters (like The Spider) instead of this. Considering this is a debut (like, literally how?!) I can overlook it more.
Will I continue? Probably. But I do feel very fulfilled with how this novel finished. It felt like a complete work.
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Vomit, and Murder