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blueberry0531'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: Misogyny and Fire/Fire injury
talonsontypewriters'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
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Torture, and Pregnancy
Minor: Homophobia, Suicide, Vomit, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol
lizziaha's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Blood, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
vivelarevolution's review against another edition
The first, and less egregious, was the constant introduction of new pov characters. It felt like, every five chapters or so, I had to learn a new name and backstory and mindset and read about some technically related but entirely new context and storyline and perspective. These random characters don't really seem to reappear;
The one thing about the book that I absolutely could NOT stand was its absolutely insane overall narrative regarding armed resistance to occupation. The book is pretty heavyhanded in portraying the severity of violence and abuse enacted by the ruling regime, but it constantly whines about how violent the armed resistance is. From what I can tell, all they really do is assassinate key political players who are directly responsible for their oppression, and they take extreme personal risks in order to do so. But the narrative constantly harps on how they are too violent, too extreme, too radical to see that they're somehow bringing violence on their own people.
I kept reading in hopes that this narrative was introduced in order to refute it, but as far as I can tell, that is not going to happen. Every new chapter I read finds some new way to try to explain to me that, akshually, revolution is bad, and it's just getting old.
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Colonisation
There isn't a tag for this, but one character is repeatedly forced to take a psychoactive sedative that severely impacts her psychologically and physically and which is intended to eventually kill her.strawberrybooks'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? No
4.0
Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Racism, Violence, and Pregnancy
janieboucher'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: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and War
yourbookishbff'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
4.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Classism
Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and War
drsinoire'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: Body horror, Death, Misogyny, Violence, and Blood
pagecalico'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
4.5
The writing was so amazing and kept me so intrigued with the story!
Cant wait to read the second book!
Graphic: Violence, Xenophobia, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Misogyny
murderousscottishgremlin'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
5.0
Graphic: Misogyny
Minor: Violence