rypie1916's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: War
Moderate: Sexual content and Vomit
Minor: Stalking
rayreyes's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
At first, I LOVED this book. 50% of the way in I still loved this book. But as soon as the love story resolves, there’s still 25% of the book left and it feels like pushing a tertiary storyline from ground zero to go-mode. I was eating this book up, wrapped around its little pages like a phone charger around the beaterbrush of my dyson vacuum.
It slowed all the way down and then threw a curveball that I saw coming and expected me to care. Maybe the author needed more time than the deadline allowed to flesh out the end like the rest of the book. She’s an incredible writer so I’m not done with her works yet. But jeez did that pacing shift and sudden story arc shift impact the ride.
It slowed all the way down and then threw a curveball that I saw coming and expected me to care. Maybe the author needed more time than the deadline allowed to flesh out the end like the rest of the book. She’s an incredible writer so I’m not done with her works yet. But jeez did that pacing shift and sudden story arc shift impact the ride.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent and War
Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, and Blood
Minor: Alcohol, Kidnapping, Stalking, Abandonment, and Violence
emilysreadingbooks's review
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- 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? It's complicated
4.0
After her older brother goes off to fight in the war between the gods and her mother loses her job, Iris Winnow has to drop out of school and work at the local newspaper. There, she becomes rivals with her coworker, Roman Kitt, as they compete for the promotion to columnist.
At home, Iris has been writing to her brother. She has no address to send her letters, but she discovered that her letters disappear when put into her closet. She hopes that, somehow, her brother is receiving the letters, until one day she receives a letter back, and she discovers that she is somehow connected to a stranger.
This book starts out strong, and is able to maintain interest through to the end. While I was able to guess some things before they happened, I was always kept curious about how they would happen. There is also a twist at the end that I did not see coming, and added and entire new layer that has me impatiently waiting for the next book to come out in December.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, War, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Violence
Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Gore, and Grief
Minor: Animal death, Sexual content, Stalking, and Abandonment
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