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sourcherrysyrup's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Muir as always keeps you on your feet not knowing what to expect and then blows your mind halfway through and you have to pick up the pieces. Can’t wait for [REDACTED]!
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Grief, Colonisation, and War
Moderate: Blood
Minor: Eating disorder and Trafficking
Unnamed side character assumes incorrectly that one main character is a trafficker. Character dislikes to eat, describes her dislike of food; not an eating disorder but may be triggeringshottel'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
Still, I would say it’s better than Gideon and a mark worse than Harrow - which is to say, it’s very good. I had a harder time following the plot than before, and while Muir makes great strides with diversity in this book, it sometimes comes off a tad awkward (like in the repeated misgendering of a character with they/them pronouns, just for them to correct themselves). But those are pretty small problems compared to the rest of this deeply dark and funny novel. If you liked Gideon and Harrow, I highly recommend it.
Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Transphobia, Medical content, and Alcohol
Minor: Drug use, Sexual violence, Vomit, and Trafficking
iane_reads'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: Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Trafficking, Car accident, and Abandonment
Minor: Animal cruelty, Sexual content, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and War
elizmoe'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
5.0
tamsyn muir, waht is WRONG WITH you. what is. what is WRONG. IS wrong??? with you??????????
in typical muir fashion, she transitions seamlessly to a new POV character, leaves the reader mostly in the dark, and continually throws crazy world-building stuff that you didn't even know you wanted to know. but you did. <i> really </i> want to know.
essentially, this book answered many of the questions raised by Harrow the Ninth, but somehow ends up raising about a million more.
was harrow's soul in alecto's body or did it get transferred to the river, and is it now on earth having a chat with john, or john's abandoned once-human soul?? what's gonna happen to harrow's body? was nona the personification of the earth's spirit or was she alecto or was she alecto AND alecto is the personification of the earth? also, why is kiriona!gideon such a dick, and why is she friends with ianthe, sorta? who has her two-hander sword?? will tamsyn ever give us a griddlehark reunion that makes a lick of sense? will the next book have even more body/soul/etc swapping, and how is that even possible given the amount of bodily musical chairs was happening in this book? also, pAUL???????????????????????????
all i know for sure is that i am pre-ordering alecto right now and blocking off my calendar for the entire week of the release date.
Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Eating disorder, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child abuse
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, and Trafficking
uranaishi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Transphobia, Vomit, Trafficking, Abandonment, and Alcohol