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ashdawn'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? It's complicated
4.0
That being said, still good. The portrayal of the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was incredible (and brought attention to an event I wasn't aware/had never heard taught before). Theta's healing was AMAZING, I loved her whole character arch so much!
The diversity in characters and perspectives was great. But, with that diversity plus their settings, there are a TON of big issues that could be triggering. Overall, I feel like the author handled/discussed them well, while also doing so in a way that makes sense in the 1920s setting.
Graphic: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Stalking, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury
heather_freshparchment'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
4.5
Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Racism, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Homophobia, Antisemitism, Grief, and Murder
vanesst's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racism, and Murder
Moderate: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Slavery, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Ableism and Antisemitism
enchantressreads's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Racism, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, and War
Minor: Bullying
eugenicstherainbowshelf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Gun violence, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Alcohol, and Classism
Minor: Suicide and Colonisation
Seizure, drowning, Klu Klux Klanmidnightgremlin's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
3.75
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, and Fire/Fire injury
aprlshowers'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: Racism and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, and Violence
peytonktracy'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? It's complicated
4.0
Overall, I'm pretty satisfied with this last book. I liked the character growth throughout, their roles in the ongoing battle for good. I liked that they were all able to work together while individually motivated by their own aspirations and fears. While all the still large cast of characters got bigger (rather than smaller) over the course of this book, the author did a good job of not letting the narrative get too chaotic. I was able to keep track of everyone for the most part. The author also did a fairly good job of tying up most of the loose threads by the end of the book, though I felt like some of them didn't get the due attention I thought they might have gotten, or perhaps even deserved to receive. Without going into details, I felt this story went a little off the rails (did not expect to spend time with a traveling circus, let's put it that way), and I also feel like the fight against the big bad... was barely a fight against the big bad. I think I expected it to be much more difficult than it was, but it also felt fitting as was so, I guess it worked out?! It was a fairly good if occasionally perplexing finale.
As a series, I enjoyed these four books overall. The characters are diverse in so, so many ways that will never not be appreciated for me. I loved how the big bad grew and grew with every book, and the world and characters grew with the challenges. While the reckoning with the beautiful ideals and the horrific history of the United States was perhaps overdone at times, the number of angles and perspectives that were incorporated into this fixated examination was intriguing enough that it was easy to forgive for perhaps even the fixated honesty in it. And it's a creative idea overall - I certainly haven't read anything like it. And these characters are definitely going to stick with me past this series. And if that's not successful storytelling, I don't know what is!
Moderate: Child death, Death, Racism, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Homophobia, Sexual content, Slavery, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Acephobia/Arophobia, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship
The KKK is regularly mentioned in this book. Most of these tags are allusions to these topics, not a primary feature of the plot.mariamoi'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
4.5
Graphic: Domestic abuse and Racism
ryn_k'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
4.5
Moderate: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, and Racism