fin_pilot's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Violence, War, and Death
Moderate: Sexual violence, Gore, Adult/minor relationship, and Misogyny
a_libraryghost's review
- 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
I have mixed feelings about the pacing of the book. The siege definitely felt very slow paced and the book felt like it was taking a time to read which is something I usually don’t enjoy, but at the same time the tension was really good. I was always afraid for the characters and despite the slow pacing I never wanted to stop reading.
The one thing I absolutely did not like was Zane. I wanted someone to kill him every time he appeared he just annoyed me so much. I did like his and Straf’s storyline and the plot twist with the poison, but Zane as a character was unbearable.
The best thing though was the ending. I’d actually managed to be spoiled on a couple of things so I expected not to enjoy it as much but there were still surprises and even the things I knew were coming happened in a different way than I expected. It was exhilarating and anxiety inducing!
Graphic: Death and Violence
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship
Minor: Ableism and Addiction
strawberrytheauthor'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
5.0
Graphic: Classism, Blood, Colonisation, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, War, and Murder
Moderate: Animal death, Addiction, Sexual content, and Death of parent
Minor: Abandonment, Slavery, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, and Cursing
jodean's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
<Spoiler>I love Sazed so much and how dare you hurt him so.
I hated Zane, as a person and a character. His toll on Vin was difficult to read and went nowhere. The constant insistence on things he couldn't have known about was frustrating.
The ending left me slack jawed. I'm still in shock. It's the perfect antagonist to these characters.
Graphic: Death, Classism, Abandonment, War, Grief, Violence, Murder, and Blood
Moderate: Toxic friendship, Stalking, Gore, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Ableism
Minor: Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Slavery, Pregnancy, Drug use, Religious bigotry, and Addiction
boydgirl's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Blood, Violence, Death, Gore, and War
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
kermitkid's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Slavery, Death, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Pedophilia
Minor: Cursing
sh543's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Slavery, Murder, War, Genocide, and Blood
kaimetcalfe's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Gore, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, War, Death, Classism, Medical content, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Murder
Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, and Drug abuse
destiny_jay's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Violence, Death, and War
Moderate: Blood, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, and Self harm
Minor: Abandonment, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, and Stalking
thewitchwhoisabook's review
- 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
4.0
Minor: Death, Gore, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Grief, Murder, Slavery, War, and Violence