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abakedwaffle86's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, and Medical content
This book is the first in a line of wonderfully written lesbian space necromancer nun goodness. I have listened to this multiples times and will keep coming back to it in the future!unbansheed'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
The ending felt earned and really satisfying to me
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Physical abuse, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Torture
Minor: Cancer, Stalking, Death of parent, and War
ayeitsdaye'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
4.75
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Religious bigotry, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Child death and Pandemic/Epidemic
afroonyx_'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
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, and Physical abuse
queensplay'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? No
4.75
An amazing read. The beginning was hard to get into, but once you understood, you could easily read the book. The plot twists? Love. The mystery, kind of horror, elements where totally there.
Gideon is the best character, fight me. She's just so funny, and bright I love it.
Harrow and Gideons' nicknames for each other 😍
Loved it. Would recommend.
Full Review:
Oh damn. Oh damn. Oh damn (and that's three Oh damns).
First off - Amazing book. At times, it could be pretty slow, as it was more of a mystery, but it has enough action and medium paced scenes to make up for the slow parts. It was hard getting into, also, for me, and confusing (which is why it's a 4.5), but as I got through the book, it got a lot easier to understand and read.
Gideon is by far my most favourite character. She was so funny, and really brightened up every room she went into. Her humour was top-notch. Harrow should give her a big hug - her backstory and her self-worth needs it.
I love love love Gideon and Harrow as they go through the series. They've come so far from where they started 🥹
Harrow also needs a big hug (which she good, thank god). The way they raised her, why she was born, was horrible. She deserves so much more.
Am I the only one who though Colum deserved better? He deserves better then Silas. Honestly, Silas didn't even seem to acknowledge how Colum was feeling, he was so self-centered, with all his big talk about the greater good. Towards the end, I began to like Colum so much more - if someone would think about what their house represents, they would think of him. How he stood for what he believed in, and how he honoured his word.
The ending hurt.
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Cancer, Blood, and Grief
Minor: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism, and Suicide attempt
nesquik05's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
The book started extremely slowly, and didn't particularly pique my interest, but I'd heard really good things about it so I kept going, and after a while it certainly picked up and I got more invested, but then it just slowed down again and I got bored again... Then quite suddenly, it became incredibly fast-paced, and nothing ever really felt completed again! All in all, I was disappointed by the lack of worldbuilding - it really did feel like the author just couldn't be bothered to actually flesh it out, and so made Gideon the most uncurious person ever. Haven't decided whether I'll read any more of the series - on the one hand, I want to know more! On the other, I'm not sure I'm going to find anything more out...
Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, and Death of parent
Moderate: Physical abuse and Toxic relationship
gygaxis's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death
angorarabbit'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
4.25
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement
Minor: Sexual content
lunarkris'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
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Suicide, Xenophobia, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Eating disorder, Incest, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, and Classism
arysuh's review against another edition
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
GtN est le plus classique des 3 romans sortis au moment où j’écris ces lignes. On suit Gideon (19 ans) qui passe de rebelle qui cherche à fuir sa planète où elle est maltraitée à « garde du corps » de sa nécromante qu’elle déteste. Difficile de faire un résumé sans trop en dire d’une part mais de donner envie d’y jeter un coup d’œil d’autre part !
Une première écoute enthousiasmante : c’est drôle, c’est triste, ça prend aux tripes, on s’attache aux personnages et l’épée de Damoclès est omniprésente : personne n’est protégé.
Les personnages sont attachants ou détestables, aucun je pense ne m’a laissée de marbre.
Puis j’ai relu et réécouté après lecture de la suite et la saveur du roman change. On cherche obsessivement à comprendre, à faire des liens, on se rend compte que pratiquement tout est « foreshadowing », qu’aucun mot n’est innocent.
On met juste un pied dans un Univet extrêmement complexe et si on cligne des yeux, on en rate une partie. Je n’avais encore jamais été conquise par une série à tel point.
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder