bookgal1990'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
5.0
Moderate: War, Slavery, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Grief, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Blood, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Violence, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Torture, Genocide, Kidnapping, and Murder
marippe's review against another edition
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
There is way too much focus on the romance and the emotional sides of the book that the plot and character development suffers. Juliette finally starts to understand her powers, but it has felt like such a background thing yet its key to the story?
Adam is still incredibly aggravating and confusing. He’s so annoying! I’m glad Juliette has finally realised how pessimistic he really is, and how strange his obsession with her when “she was broken” truly was. I hope he falls off a cliff I really don’t care for him.
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how he belittled Juliette’s imprisonment in the first book, even after being in the same cell as her, was actually disgusting, and wasn’t fully realised. Just because others have it harder than Juliette that doesn’t diminish the struggles that she went through?Kenji’s confusing to me. I don’t know why he jumps to the conclusion that Juliette’s being a dickhead or whatever - I thought his character was meant to be more logical? Idk he was written weirdly to me.
Ok. With Aaron Warner, a lot of this book felt a bit like history revisionism and gaslighting Juliette into making her believe that Aaron’s not that bad - after all the things he did, theres reasons!!! It didn’t feel planned really, it felt like she realised Aaron was really popular so rewrote the
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child torture and Aaron killing that soldierAaron himself is kinda funny - He does carry this book a lot.
idc about any of the other side characters i cant even tell u their names tbh
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The final build up to Anderson’s assassination was so fast and easy. The fact we spend 320 pages on a love triangle and like 20 on executing the main antagonist is ATROCIOUS. This guy should’ve been dead years ago if hes that easy to kill.Graphic: Domestic abuse, Death of parent, War, Death, Medical content, Violence, Gun violence, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Injury/Injury detail
zc2'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
5.0
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Warners mothers death literally made me cry my eyes out and the fact that Dealule had no idea breaks my heart.Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, War, Violence, Toxic friendship, Torture, Gun violence, Death, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Mass/school shootings, and Forced institutionalization
mypatronusisajedi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: War, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Cursing
Minor: Physical abuse