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noras_library'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: Animal death, Death, Gore, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Sexual violence, Death of parent, and War
Minor: Sexual content
lovejasmine's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Colonisation
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+.sea_sea's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
Graphic: Death, Blood, Grief, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, and Sexual harassment
emohell'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
3.0
Graphic: Animal death, Toxic relationship, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Grief
Minor: Alcohol
rwilcox'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? No
3.75
Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
noxygens'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? No
5.0
Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death and Child death
nrogers_1030'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: Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail
david_slack110507's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
However, my negative thoughts outweigh the positive ones I have such as the formatting or more specifically the chapters. The chapters in this are mostly 15-20 pages long each which makes it difficult if I want to go and read for a few minutes as I prefer to complete the whole chapter to avoid any confusion as to where I am the next time, I pick up the book. The first half of the book is excruciatingly slow and difficult to read on through because it focuses heavily on setting up the enormous world of the Grishaverse and that was why this took me nearly 2 months to complete, alongside it not being as interesting compared to the other books I was reading at the same time (which may have been an issue on my part tbh)
Another issue I had was that despite the extremely in-depth and fascinating lore and mythology of the Grishaverse, it can be very daunting, confusing, and sometimes hard to understand/remember what was what which made me struggle to continue the book at parts. I also didn't feel too strongly about many of the characters in the book with probably Baghra, The Darkling (Disregarding the kind of boring romance between him and Alina), Alina herself and possibly the real MVP: Genya being the standouts but nearly everyone else just didn't capture my interest and/or enthusiasm.
Overall, a mixed start to the Shadow and Bone trilogy. A start that I can only hope improves as it continues as I do feel invested enough to want to continue reading the trilogy.
⭐️⭐️⭐️ ~ Good but not great
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Grief
Minor: Cursing and Death of parent
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.