jla's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Spoiler
This book is dark and messed up. Jorg is one of the worst villain/anti-hero that I've read. I'm not completely sure what's happening in this series as far as world building. I don't understand why people follow Jorg and how he keeps surviving. I basically spent the book dreading the death of every character I liked. </ spoiler>Graphic: Murder, Torture, and Rape
ragand's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Cannibalism, Child death, Cursing, Death of parent, Murder, Death, Gore, and Animal death
samiac'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? Yes
4.75
Graphic: War, Gore, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Racism, Incest, and Rape
carrionkid's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Torture, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Gore
Moderate: Rape and Pregnancy
jz_the9th's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Murder, Animal death, Violence, Body horror, Child death, and Gore
Moderate: Torture, Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexual assault
lia_kim's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Sexual violence and Murder
Moderate: Rape
dampgrass's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
Graphic: Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Sexism, War, and Kidnapping
farleighelse'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? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Violence and Murder
Moderate: Rape, Racism, and Cursing
whirl's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, War, Child death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, Torture, and Violence
Minor: Rape
writingcaia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
When you meet him he is a savage, brutal, uncaring, ruthless kid, only thirteen, which kind of boggles the mind. But, I guess it is the Broken Empire and there are explanations and manipulations but there’s still a lot of violence that felt a bit too gratuitous and less mentions to rape would have tasted much better, still we end up realising everything has a reason, somewhat.
The plot is solid, sometimes leading places you would never guess, which makes it surprising and fun, but then gore, again. It’s the authors choice I guess.
The writing is pretty good, but both plot and writing in the author’s Book of the Ancestor trilogy are far superior, which is one of the reasons for my rating too.
The ending was not bad, not too much of a cliffhanger, just enough for you to know what’s what and making clear that he will be likely a bit older on the next book but his aim the same. How he will get there? Well I want to find out.
Graphic: Torture, Blood, Murder, Body horror, Vomit, Animal death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and War
Moderate: Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Rape