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andji2'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? It's complicated
5.0
Riden Slay
Banter is 10/10 love the comebacks!
Moderate: Death, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, and Alcohol
maria_ary's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual assault
Minor: Alcoholism, Cannibalism, and Alcohol
cdoubet'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
3.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual violence and Sexual harassment
Minor: Sexual content, Medical content, and Cannibalism
denee16's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Addiction and Child abuse
kfmcf'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
3.25
Then we get the little reveal of who she really is and that got things on track more so, but there was still so much missing for me. There's the map pieces - that's so cool! That's pirate-y! Give me that! But it was just kind of a backburner MacGuffin. We also didn't get much pirate stuff because she kept getting put back in jail.
I liked the FMC. She was fun. She got a little under my skin with some of her "pick-me" energy of "I'm not like other girls" and "girls are so much better than boys," but it's YA. I get it. I liked her interactions with the MMC as well, but I wish he was given a bit more characterization than just "me broody man."
I'm going to try my hand at the second book and see if I get a bit more out of it, because I like this author. Hopefully this book just suffered from the first book exposition syndrome.
Graphic: Confinement and Violence
Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
bookishspy'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? No
3.5
Alosa is such a strong FMC, but not too overpowered, thankfully. She has legitimate limits, and that makes this more believable. She is a bit annoying at times with her inner monologue, but otherwise, I liked her
Riden was clearly going to be the love interest from the start, but I do like how slow they took it and how they absolutely hated each other. The banter was perfect, too! I love him so far, and I really want to know more about him
The crew were interesting, but I feel like I didn't get enough time with many other characters. Hopefully, in the next book, we will get more time with others
The story didn't really get to go far, though, and that is my one gripe with this book. It was quite a short read and could easily be read in one sitting, but most of this book was Alosa being captured. It only got to the interesting bit right at the end.
I will definitely be reading the next book, I'm very curious about what happens from here!
➛ 𝟑.𝟓 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Sexism
Minor: Medical content, Death of parent, Outing, and Alcohol
coraotf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Sexism and Violence
Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Murder
Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual violence
huntress's review
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
bree_h_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.75
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse
Minor: Rape
katyfayyyx's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Vomit and Pregnancy