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eyim's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Really? Was that ending really necessary? Other than that it's easy to see where Lev Grossman got his inspiration for The Magicians.
Graphic: Rape
tavetzuigel's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault
rchailles's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.75
Graphic: Rape
amych's review against another edition
2.5
The novel had a good idea but it was poorly executed. The characters of the five were quite flat and lacked meaningful depth. In particular, Jen was a completely 2d character who only existed to be raped and violently tortured at the end. Horrific and graphic as it was, because she had no personality I found myself not caring much. And why did the five not seem surprised about being whisked to another world, but just accepted the new status quo with almost no questions?
If this book had had less violence against women, which seemed to serve no purpose to the plot other than being torture porn, I would have rated it higher.
If this book had had less violence against women, which seemed to serve no purpose to the plot other than being torture porn, I would have rated it higher.
Graphic: Incest, Rape, Sexism, and Torture
lleullawgyffes's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Rape
bonnie's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual violence
Moderate: Rape and Murder
sgates's review against another edition
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
5.0
Moderate: Rape
mformato's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
This book felt like a cheap knockoff of Tolkien and I wasn't surprised to find out that the author helped with The Silmarillion to some extent. The world in this book did come across as if the author knew more of the backstory that there was to everything, but except in his lengthy exposition dumps I didn't feel like we truly got to experience the beauty it held. I also didn't like how unrealistic it was that the Five just outright accepted everything going on with basically no skepticism to them. The book was a struggle to get through personally and I won't be interested in picking up the other two, especially not after skimming their summaries on Wikipedia and being even more confused.
Moderate: Rape
racheliswriting's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Sexual assault
Moderate: Rape and Violence
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