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kestrel21's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
medium-paced
- 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
I loved this book, but you have to love the main character. If you do, it’s a delightful exploration of a fascinating and slightly disturbing world from her perspective. If not, you’d be sick of this book in a minute. Amazing on audio.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Child death
Minor: Racism
This book is less disturbing than the content warnings make it sound.bunnypunk's review against another edition
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Bullying
Minor: Racism, Sexism, and Suicidal thoughts
kiwij96's review against another edition
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
I could not tell you a single thing that happened in this.
If you took out all of Galadriel's ramblings, lore/infodumping, and internal monologues, the book would be like 70 pages.
Why was this only 13 chapters? It dragged on so much because of it.
If you took out all of Galadriel's ramblings, lore/infodumping, and internal monologues, the book would be like 70 pages.
Why was this only 13 chapters? It dragged on so much because of it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Torture, Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Vomit and Pregnancy
Minor: Racism
pandemonicbaby's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Loved this book! The lore is so rich and intricate, and the cast of characters is so lovable and diverse. Loved every second of being inside this universe!!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Violence, and Death of parent
Moderate: Gore, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Racism, Vomit, and Pregnancy
ivi_reads_books's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
The book has a sharp-tongued, funny main character with a magical talend for destruction. The book depicts how she navigates everyday life in this dangerous school while everyone seems to think she is pure evil.
I liked the mother-daughter relationship and the juxtaposition of the mom healer and the protagonist who was foretold to bring destruction to the world. Sometimes the story was a bit repetitive which I could have done without
I was intrigued by the world the author created and the cliffhanger made me pick up book number 2
I liked the mother-daughter relationship and the juxtaposition of the mom healer and the protagonist who was foretold to bring destruction to the world. Sometimes the story was a bit repetitive which I could have done without
I was intrigued by the world the author created and the cliffhanger made me pick up book number 2
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Violence
Moderate: Blood and Classism
Minor: Racism
kitstonglade's review against another edition
so much info dumping in a very lecture-y way. little to no plot til the last 15-20%, i basically skimmed the entire book. we as a society need to start stoning racists in the streets cause what the fuck was the paragraph about dreads for & why were there so many other racist microaggresions? don’t waste your time.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism
emzinator's review against another edition
dark
funny
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Brilliantly written! If you like dystopias and magic, and can handle gore, this is up your alley. Just don't expect love and sunshine!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore and Rape
Minor: Racism
cutevamp's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Loved it although it was difficult to read at times (lots of lore! Not my thing!)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism
bellisk's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Content Warnings
Minor: Ableism and Racism
Racism: there is a line about it being dangerous to wear dreadlocks in the school because monsters will lay eggs in them, which echoes racist ideas of locs and their wearers being dirty. (This part is apparently going to be removed in future editions of the book.) Ableism: there's another part where the viewpoint character mentions that the school is so dangerous, and entry so competitive, that none of the students who get in need external motivation to study, which either completely ignores people with executive function issues or implies we all get killed off rapidly upon arrival: not very pleasant to read.littlebluenaiad's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Racism