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kylieqrada'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
5.0
Graphic: Death, Gore, and Violence
Moderate: Animal death, Slavery, and Kidnapping
Minor: Sexual content, Torture, and Vomit
meant2breading'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
4.5
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Slavery, Torture, and Kidnapping
Minor: Sexual content
venomtancitaro's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Slavery, Violence, Kidnapping, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Gore and Grief
Minor: Sexual content
aedory's review
4.0
I became incredibly attached to all the POV characters (but not really many of the side characters tbh) , and am excited to see their growth in the next book, as well as (hopefully) seeing their stories overlap.
Though the pacing remained a bit too slow for my liking, it really picked up in the final quarter or so and I was completely hooked from that point until the end - and even would've careened straight into the next book had it not been very, VERY late lol.
Now that I'm more familiar with the style and world of this trilogy, I hope the next two books will be a bit easier to dive into :)
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, and War
Moderate: Slavery and Torture
Minor: Sexual content and Vomit
singalana'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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Slavery, Kidnapping, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Sexual content, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
plume_de_renarde's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Slavery, Violence, Kidnapping, and Grief
Moderate: Trafficking
Minor: Sexual content
jcooper221's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
The worst blunder in this book was the lack of narrative motion. Nothing important happened in the first third of the story, Gwynne could have cut it out and nothing important would have been lost that couldn't be filled in with exposition. Minor spoilers here, but
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Sexual content
hiddeninfantasy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
ohloulou's review
- 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? No
4.5
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death and Death of parent
Minor: Sexual content
josiah17'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
5.0
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Reread 9/8/24:
Just as good on a reread, if not better. The worldbuilding is amazingly mystical. This series is just purely awesome and enchanting. I appreciated these characters even more now, especially the beginning of Elvar's arc. I can't wait for The Fury of the Gods next month!!!
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Original review:
4.5 ⭐
Fantastic book. This is my first introduction to John Gwynne and Norse-inspired fantasy, and boy he didn't disappoint. This was gritty, burtal, mysterious, and extremely captivating. Gwynne writes character interactions and action sequences impeccably. I became quickly invested in 2/3 of the main POV's, especially Varg, who is my favorite character.
The Norse-inspired world was incredibly interesting. I'm looking forward to Hunger of The Gods, and hopefully reading the rest of Gwynne's works next year.
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, and Blood
Minor: Sexual content