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snuggly_feminist's review against another edition
Moderate: Slavery
Minor: Blood and War
paperbackprincess19's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, War, and Classism
irmalol'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
5.0
Graphic: Death, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship
dorothysbookshelf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Mass/school shootings, and Death of parent
Minor: Cursing, Sexism, and Toxic relationship
strong themes of terrorism and racism between fictitious groupswondereads13's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Slavery
ravenclawincabin13'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
4.5
Really like the plot idea and the premise of the book, some things were a little predictable and cliche but super worth it! Can’t wait to read the rest of the series
Moderate: Death, Violence, and Death of parent
Minor: Slavery, Torture, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
madlads's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Death, Torture, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Child death, Slavery, and Death of parent
Minor: Police brutality
mariareviews's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
For the sake of showing that I did enjoy certain parts, here is my favourite quotes/interactions:
“Sometimes I forget you have the legs of a child.”
“Better than the brain of one.”
“Dear family. I’m alive. Obviously.”
“My ignorance is becoming a theme.”
“You’re a lot like Maven,”
“You mean engaged to a stranger? We do have that in common.”
“I thought the Queenstrial girls would band together and kill her, but they didn’t, to my annoyance.”
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Death and Slavery
sofiya's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
There were parts I didn’t understand nor like, such as the plan that gets developed near the end. Considering that the characters have known each other for only about a month, they were really quick to rely on an assumption and was already pretty weak in itself.
Nonetheless, I’m not one to abandon a book series and will be reading until the end. I’m not jumping at the need to move forward, but I am excited to see where the story goes.
Moderate: Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Police brutality, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Suicide
linguisticfanatic's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
However, here's where I get annoyed. Within days (I think it was a couple weeks.) she's suddenly perfectly fine with the second prince figuring out that she's a rebel and is all gungho to work with him. She's perfectly willing to think poorly of the prince who didn't execute her when she tried to steal from him without knowing it. A prince that got her a job so she wouldn't be sent to the front line of the war. A prince that was saying things that showed he considered her to be human when the king was talking to her after her imprisonment. One glance at a room full of armor and war books and she's perfectly fine thinking the worst of him. This is also fine with me if a bit extreme. She has no reason to look for the good in silver blood even when one is trying to show that he's different.
Except, she doesn't show that attitude to the second prince. He's given her no reason to believe all the stuff he's spouting about wanting things to change. He's shown nothing to indicate that he's been doing small things before she met him to take consideration for the red bloods; nothing to show he's different from his mother. I spent the entire book frustratedly waiting to get to the point where he betrayed her just so I could see if the author gave a reason for Mare trusting to easily. It was written as if the mom knowing what Mare's motivations and emotions were would make her trust a silver blood, but that was too flimsy of an explanation for me to take seriously. The author did not handle the emotional and character development for those two well at all to make the subsequent parts of the book feel tense or the betrayal emotional. Instead when Mare is going "I've been so stupid." after everything goes down I just rolled my eyes.
Moderate: Death, Racism, Slavery, and Violence