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thriftedghost'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? It's complicated
2.0
the only reason i read it (and will read the third) is that weird completionism thing i have.
who knows?? maybe the end will really win me over
Graphic: Death, Medical content, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, and Grief
Minor: Torture, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
rbz39's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Genocide, Torture, and War
Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent
Minor: Medical trauma and Suicide attempt
nightstitch96's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Violence, and War
Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Torture and Suicide attempt
zoobles's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Torture
mar'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? Yes
1.5
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Torture, and Death of parent
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Grief, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Ableism and Alcohol
aruarian_melody's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Didn't love the torture scene, especially as audiobook. I know why the author included it at this point, but still.
One thing I really didn't think worked that well was the whole parenthood subplot and the related character changes.
I don't think I would have finished the book if I wouldn't have had access to the audiobook. I'm curious to see how the trilogy ends and I wish we had more full cast audiobooks.
Graphic: Torture
kimbekaw's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Death, Genocide, and Violence
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Grief
Minor: Torture and Suicide attempt
nytephoenyx's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, and Death of parent
Moderate: Ableism, Genocide, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, and Car accident
Minor: Cursing and Alcohol
aviery's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Violence, and Grief
Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Torture
josefinceh'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? It's complicated
2.5
The book really has a lot of good mixed with a lot of "meh". The characters of the story just didn't come across as clearly and honestly lost a lot of their personality, or the traits that had been established in the previous book. This became especially clear with Kara and Vincent whom, I felt, made a pretty much total reset as characters.
It's also worth noting that the recordings format that the books have didn't work as well as in the previous book, especially since there were a lot more characters at play which made some "recordings" a bit confusing and I often mixed up which character said what.
What I was disappointed by: Karas development
What I liked: Mr Burns, More about the mystery interviewer, Rose Franklin
Mystery Interviewer, I was really surprised that he also was killed of, I do still like that you get some Insight into his life, his son and how he ended up doing what he was doing. Especially liked the part of him basically saying "I don't work for anyone, people just think I'm scary either way"
Rose was also a high point for me, I loved her development as the characters and her understandable struggle with coming back to life not knowing what had happened. I do wish that her talking to Mystery Interviewer from beyond the grave would be a recurring thing, that he would be some support for her even after death.
What I wished for it: Strip it down and focus on fewer things instead of trying to deal with everything that could be important for the next book.
Graphic: Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Ableism and Body horror
Minor: Grief