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lwysong54's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content and Violence
Moderate: Cursing and Death
katariinatoivanen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death of parent
levic'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
3.5
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Violence
Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Gore, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Toxic friendship
angelmoonlight25'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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent, and Classism
Minor: Cursing
sultanapreeti'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: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
dontquotekonthat'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? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Cursing
Minor: Violence, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury
j_emerson18's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Classism
nin3423'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: Sexual content
Moderate: Death and Blood
Minor: Cursing
betsubara's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.25
This is fanfic-level writing, and I don't mean in the good way. WAS this book edited? From typos to the most repetitive, thesaurus-lacking speech I have ever read in my LIFE, every sentence in this book felt untouched by professional hands. I could drop three obscenities right now and cover 80% of the inner and outer dialogue of this book. An F-bomb dropped here and there throughout a book can spice things up, but we're four curses deep by the end of page two. There are genuinely no words left with which to intensify the dialogue any further, so the author uses. This. Kind. Of. Sentence. If that bothers you, and you find yourself thinking "Wow, I hope I don't have to read that thirty different times in one book," then I cannot stress enough that this is Not. The. Book. For. You.
If you can push through literally every instance of character interaction in this book to find it in yourself to enjoy the plot, kudos to you. There are approximately no non-toxic relationships in this book, and I have never found hot-in-fictional-men-but-literal-crimes-in-real-life tropes to be such a turn-off (in your head, referring to the 20-year-old love of your life as "this woman" exclusively? Genuine *chills,* and not the good kind). I know I need to wrap this up, but I would be remiss if I did not at least spoil for you that the main character receives possibly the worst nickname imaginable, and that nickname carries through every single critical scene in the book. Not a single moment goes unmarred by the least-nickname-y nickname I have ever heard.
This book was so unappealing to me that I've genuinely spent more time thinking about this review than I have thinking about the actual story. If I read the sequel, it will only be to see if the author's writing skills have improved since this volume. Rebecca Yarros, if you have read this far or have read this at all, I am cheering for you. I see the vision. I see the passion. All the ingredients are there, but I think the next cake needs a little more time in the oven. Congratulations on your bestseller.
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail
karla_w_a_k'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death and Violence
Moderate: Cursing and Sexual content