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bookswithbethx's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Murder, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic
thedinosaurkid's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Genocide, Gun violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail
linneak's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol
joshoonet'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
4.0
- Took a while for me to get into it, but then I didn't want to put it down again. Just like the first part!
- Avasarala is kind of incredible, her constant cursing is just hilarious
- Character development: top notch imo
- I love the changing of the protomolecule, it keeps getting more interesting and more high stakes
- The end??? Um I need to continue immediately
- Proper fucking diverse characters
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug use, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol
Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, and Medical content
ktkeps's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
ekcd_'s review
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child abuse
Minor: Cancer, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol
loxeletters'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
4.75
Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Blood, and Vomit
Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Death, Violence, Medical content, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Incest, Racism, Sexual violence, Excrement, and Kidnapping
lilifane's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
This is a book review, so I don't want to talk about the TV Show too much, but I have to acknowledge how closely the show follows the book again. I think this might be the best adaptation of a book (series) ever? At least for the first two books/seasons. You know when you watch an adaptation of a book and think, "So sad that one scene was missing." several times? This never happened to me here? Quite the opposite. Every time I read a scene I was thinking "Oh wow, that was in the TV Show as well!". There is even one scene that was in the TV Show but wasn't in the book, and I was kind of disappointed because it had such an impact on me in the show.
Anyway, loved the plot, loved the characters and their dynamics (especially now that two of my favs were finally introduced), loved the politics (well, hated them, but you know), the humor, the emotions. Although I knew how it would end, I was still at the edge of my seat most of the time because the atmosphere created was so well done. The ending gave me goosebumps. I mean, the last sentence alone. Uff. Can't wait to continue with the series.
There were a few scenes that dragged on a little (mostly fighting/battles towards the end of the book) and I skimmed some of them. So it's a 4,5 rounded up to 5 start for me.
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, and War
featherbrain's review against another edition
2.0
Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, and Violence
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, and Kidnapping