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prairieraven's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Severe lack of diversity.
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail
hapalyn'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? No
4.75
Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Genocide, Incest, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Vomit, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and War
aztlan's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death and Sexual content
Moderate: Slavery
Minor: Rape
kerttuli's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
I still struggle with SJM's reliance on the "copy/paste" style of writing (the reliance on the same archetypes, tropes, and phrases, iykyk). I got really far in and nothing major had happened. The events didn’t have weight. It lacked any drive forward. There was so much that could have been cut from this book. No reason it needed to be around 800 pages. The last 150 pages were slightly more interesting. I kept wishing something would get better because I liked the first book in each of her series. But they all seem to devolve into copy/paste fae "porn" with a bit of a plot line. Same story, different font. Also, the "mate" crap is beyond old and SO repetitive 🤮.
Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Murder, War, and Classism
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Grief, and Alcohol
Minor: Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation
shannonbooks'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
Graphic: Cursing, Death, and Blood
Moderate: Body shaming, Rape, and Torture
bi_n_large'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
4.0
Graphic: Genocide, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Colonisation, and War
Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, and Murder
Minor: Grief
jhaneveauguste'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? No
5.0
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail
jessgreads's review against another edition
- 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? No
1.5
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Graphic: Death and Sexual content
Moderate: Drug use, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Classism
Minor: Kidnapping
clairew97'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, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
ritareadstrash's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Please tread with caution, not only for extremely light spoilers, but also SA trigger warning. This is super edited for the word limit.
I’ll be up front, I didn’t have high hopes going in. I desperately felt the first book needed an editor, and this wrist breaker could’ve been halved. However, I don’t read these books expecting them to alter my life. I am a raccoon, and this is my trash horde.
Right out the gate, we get this prologue that made me uncomfortable, at best. It reads as WWII, historical fiction, set in a concentration camp, but made fae. It took me about 100-200 pages to realize the prologue is set in the current story timeline and relevant, in some way.
My issue is the rape that occurs and is brushed off with zero CW. In the scene, we get from a man’s perspective, through a type of telepathy. The woman is violently grabbed, hurt, scared, and forced to have sex with her partner. He believes she is being attacked and raped. When he finally reconnects with her she says she’s fine, she was just startled and said yes.
I brought this up in multiple conversations, and everyone brushed it off with “well she wrote that she said yes.” My issue isn’t with the clarification but the lack of acknowledgment that spousal/partner rape occurs. If you want to stick to this terrible WWII allegory SJM has in place, then this is like the many families forced to take in Nazis and “offer” their wives and daughters to have sex with them, or those same women die.
The consensus by readers to not acknowledge this book needs a massive TW/CW to protect real life victims, is a massive slap in the face. This is not a victimless crime. The character says yes to save her life, like women do in real life. there's never any real choice.
There were a lot of other issues for me throughout the book, like why is Bryce constantly in a thong and why do we need to know every time she is, and I’m wide open to discuss it in the comments or DMs to avoid spoilers.
Graphic: Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, and War
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Grief, and Murder