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shaipanda's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death, Gore, and Blood
Moderate: Violence, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Sexual content, Vomit, and Death of parent
immovabletype's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Cursing, Violence, Blood, and Alcohol
Moderate: Confinement, Gore, and Vomit
Minor: Sexual content, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
jstarshine16'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, Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and War
Minor: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Torture, Vomit, Dementia, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Classism
ezwolf's review
- 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
3.0
Unfortunately I was strongly debating stopping at a third of the way through. I cannot stand when modern language and slang are used in stories that are meant to be set in historical/medieval/etc time periods. And the way that the characters spoke made this book seem like it was lifted from a DND campaign or something similar with all of the ways the players might speak. It was just weird to me since this wasn’t an issue in In Deeper Water which is also set in an ambiguous historical fantasy world.
In a surprising turn of events, Arek and Matt’s secret crush plot line was what I enjoyed the most. I actually enjoy a good angst + misunderstanding plot and that was what kept me reading.
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, Blood, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Vomit, and Kidnapping
grace_b_3'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? No
3.5
Moderate: Animal death, Death, and Violence
abby_can_read'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
3.0
This was cute book. I liked the setting. I liked the friendships.
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Alcohol and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Death, Sexual content, Vomit, and Murder
yvonne_cl'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? No
4.0
Minor: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
tiranaki'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
Minor: Violence
Very minor D&D style violence/action.nxpe'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
3.5
- The writing style was weird. It felt like it was written for an edgy thirteen year old boy, but the content felt too mature for that (lots of fucks, shits, and boners).
- I found descriptions of the environment to be lacking for the most part. It was rare we got a description, and I just wish there was a bit more floweriness to the writing.
I didn't get as annoyed with the characters' miscommunication because I read reviews before going into this book, so knowing to expect it helped a lot. That being said, it still got a bit frustrating after a point. Like, I wish there was more conflict that them not talking to each other (because let's be real, if Matt and Arek spoke to each other, the entire conflict would be solved).
Overall though, it was a super fun read. Very light hearted, which is nice if you need something as a break in between the heavier books out there (which is what I needed, so...). Plus the cover is just so beautiful, I refuse to not like this book.
I listened to a bit of the audiobook after finishing this (it didn't become available in time). The writing still fits the narrator of the audiobook really well, so if I ever reread this it'll probably be through audiobook.
Graphic: Death, Gore, and Blood
Moderate: Violence, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Sexual content and Vomit
fanboyriot'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
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Confinement, Sexual content, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, and War