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ifoundcallie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Death, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Slavery, Vomit, Kidnapping, Alcohol, and War
Minor: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Torture, Grief, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and War
caleb_makes'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? No
3.25
Graphic: Death and Blood
Moderate: Body horror, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Infidelity, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Vomit, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
faemother'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: Sexual content, Torture, and Blood
Moderate: Death and Violence
Minor: Addiction, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, and Alcohol
imds'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
3.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, and War
chloe_silk1810'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: Bullying, Death, Genocide, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Torture, Vomit, and War
paperindy'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? It's complicated
3.75
Honestly, I don’t think Sarah J Maas is an incredible writer (and particularly in this first book! There were so many exclamation marks!) but the confidence she has in her stories is addictive. It is so easy to be swept away with her worlds, and there were a few really enjoyable developments in this first book that I didn’t see coming and some great characters.
As always she does an excellent job of balancing developing the romance elements with developing friendships, and having bigger goals beyond love. And I loved the mystery element in this! It was intriguing and helped lead into the more magical elements of this story really well.
This was a good start to the series but I have high hopes it will get better from here. It’s hard to avoid all the Throne of Glass references on Instagram so I feel like I still have many characters to meet and places to go, and I’m excited to start the next one.
Graphic: Violence and Murder
Moderate: Body horror, Gore, and Slavery
Minor: Genocide and Kidnapping