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onalark's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Gore, Sexual harassment, and War
Minor: Death and Torture
talonsontypewriters's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Slavery, Grief, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Fatphobia, Infidelity, Racism, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and Alcohol
Relationship (explicitly unhealthy/abusive) between teenager and character who appears around the same age, but is 100+.bookedandbusy'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? No
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, War, and Injury/Injury detail
trintrin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I don't understand why people love to hate on Mal, I found him perfectly fine. Maybe a little possessive at times but nothing other than that. Apart from the fact that Alina needed a man to feel like she belonged somewhere, I didn't find anything wrong with her either. And I finally understand the appeal of the Darkling lol although I don't really ship Darklina.
The world-building is so rich and that's why I wish I read this before SoC because so many things that I previously found confusing suddenly finally made sense to me, I felt like I opened a third-eye or something. I really loved seeing the fantastical side of the Grishaverse rather than just the heist-y side. I'd love to read more about the Grisha folklore, the Saints and all that good stuff.
As for Leigh's writing style, it's certainly not as breathtaking as I know it would be in her future books but it's still pretty solid. The first person POV felt weird for the first chapter but I got used to it after that. Her story-telling is still very good. This was certainly a page-turner, I binged it in one day and the only other book I'd binged in one day is Crooked Kingdom so it's all very fitting :D
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Eating disorder, Gore, and Murder
Minor: Death of parent and Alcohol
cucubmer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
While the characters aren't particularly special or complicated, I enjoyed the way they interacted with the world. The word building is easily digestible, while still presenting a unique magic system.
I have yet to read the other books in this trilogy (or the other series in this universe), but I still really enjoyed this story!
Minor: Gore
onefineelephant's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Genocide, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and War
Minor: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment
Self harm and suicidal ideation are mentioned but not acted on. Also, there is an attempted sexual assault but it does not progress further.makenna_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Sexual content
paperbackstacks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
3.0
Moderate: Gore
katievallin's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body shaming, Gun violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and War
Minor: Child death and Death of parent
iloponis's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death, Gore, and Blood