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grace_b_3'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? No
3.5
Graphic: Death and Murder
Moderate: Sexual content and Xenophobia
Minor: Sexual violence and Pregnancy
glacialis's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Death and Cannibalism
laurareads87's review
- 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
4.5
What I like: the Raksura are a totally original and entirely plausible not-at-all-human-like fantasy species. Their societal norms, social roles, biology, and culture are thoroughly developed and make sense. Moon as a protagonist is great -- clear motivations, complex, and sympathetic without ever being perfectly likeable. There are some great secondary characters as well. The plot moves along at a consistent pace. The world building is perhaps the novel's best aspect: complex, dynamic, and fantastical. Wells also handled a disturbing aspect of the story that might be challenging for many readers -- the fact that
What I didn't like so much: My only wish was that the main antagonists in the book, the Fell, were given some kind of motivation or back story or something. They're terrifying, and the reader does get a sense of their social organization and biology, but because the reader learns about very few of them by name and spends almost no time with them outside of battle scenes, it is hard to say that they are motivated by much beyond their desire to kill (and eat) others. I hope that this is further developed later in the series.
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault
hanz'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
3.0
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Rape, Grief, and Death of parent
kylieqrada'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
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Violence
Moderate: Confinement, Rape, and Sexual content
Minor: Sexual violence and Cannibalism
felofhe'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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Sexual content
ma_vollmer's review
- 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? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Death and Violence
Moderate: Rape
achingallover's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Moderate: Rape