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kanej_luvr's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Gore
summera's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
tense
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? It's complicated
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
valereads's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I'm really not sure how I feel about this book. I didn't enjoy it as much as Angelfall but it definitely wasn't a bad book.
I definitely enjoyed more time with Penryn as I do really like her character. And I was very impressed with some of the fight scenes, I really struggle with writing fight scenes and these all felt really well written, exciting and realistic.
That said I do have a couple of issues with this book. The first is that it did feel a little slow at first, though one of my biggest issues with the first book was that was too fast paced it didn't really give us time to get to know and care about the characters before things got going. That said it also could have felt this way because of something else that makes it different from the first book; one of Angelfall's strengths was that it had a clear goal all the way through even with subplots and changing character motivations it was all about Penryn's goal to find Paige and save her from the angels. You just don't get that here. It feels like the characters are just tossed around from one problem to another until it just ends. And honestly that doesn't make for a strong story.
That said, yes I did enjoy reading it and still intend to read End of Days but yeah, not as good as the first book.
I would certainly recommend this book to anyone who enjoyed the first one and wants more of Penryn and answers on what exactly happened to Paige.
Content warnings: child abuse, children in peril, ableism, some anti-mentally ill views
I definitely enjoyed more time with Penryn as I do really like her character. And I was very impressed with some of the fight scenes, I really struggle with writing fight scenes and these all felt really well written, exciting and realistic.
That said I do have a couple of issues with this book. The first is that it did feel a little slow at first, though one of my biggest issues with the first book was that was too fast paced it didn't really give us time to get to know and care about the characters before things got going. That said it also could have felt this way because of something else that makes it different from the first book; one of Angelfall's strengths was that it had a clear goal all the way through even with subplots and changing character motivations it was all about Penryn's goal to find Paige and save her from the angels. You just don't get that here. It feels like the characters are just tossed around from one problem to another until it just ends. And honestly that doesn't make for a strong story.
That said, yes I did enjoy reading it and still intend to read End of Days but yeah, not as good as the first book.
I would certainly recommend this book to anyone who enjoyed the first one and wants more of Penryn and answers on what exactly happened to Paige.
Content warnings: child abuse, children in peril, ableism, some anti-mentally ill views
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Death and Gun violence
Minor: Child death and Confinement