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xlpurple18'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: Death, Genocide, Gore, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Mental illness
valerian_honeybee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Death and Gore
strawberrycandy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Gaslighting
Minor: Gore and Homophobia
strawberrytheauthor's review
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Homophobia, Violence, Blood, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
claudiamacpherson'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
4.0
Moderate: Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and War
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Classism
olivialandryxo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
The slow pacing and long chapters made reading this feel like an uphill battle. At risk of sounding dramatic, it was sort of a Sisyphus situation—every time I would start to get invested, an especially long, boring chapter would ruin that for me. I shudder to think of what this book would’ve been without Sid’s chapters; I love her to pieces, 10/10, my favorite character, book girlfriend material. In all seriousness, her narration was what saved the story for me.
The girls were reunited in the final third, making it somewhat but not entirely better than the first two thirds. What really could’ve upped my opinion is a more detailed ending, because I feel like I was cheated. Not nearly enough sapphic content or story resolution, in my opinion.
Honestly, this might be one of my most disappointing reads of the year, alongside Kingdom of the Wicked. Whereas KOTW was a case of a book not living up to internet hype, The Hollow Heart was a sequel that I don’t think lived up to the first book, and that, I think, is so very sad. :((
Representation
- sapphic protagonist of color
- biracial lesbian love interest
- sapphic romance
- queer side character
- side characters of color
Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, and Murder
Most of the murders in this book are done by beheading, which is mentioned and briefly described, but never in graphic detail.