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ktwinkiebell'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? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Kidnapping
Minor: Drug use, Rape, Vomit, Abandonment, and Alcohol
tierneymichele'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and War
Moderate: Torture, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Drug use
muffin_mouse'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Vomit
ari_wolffs's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Sexual content and Violence
Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death of parent, and War
dalek_caan'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
5.0
Graphic: Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury
boyname's review
4.0
Graphic: Genocide, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: War
Minor: Physical abuse, Slavery, Vomit, Trafficking, and Abandonment
aurora4847'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? No
4.5
Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexism, Torture, Kidnapping, and Alcohol
Minor: Child death and War
nicolewhopickedthisbook's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.5
Graphic: Drug use, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Murder, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Vomit
purplepenning's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
2.25
"Good and evil are real. They always have been. Yet the weight of the realm has always fallen on those in-between. Ones neither good nor bad."
My experience with A Fall of Ruin and Wrath is that it's like the beginning of a Sarah J Maas story written by Katee Roberts. It leans into the theme of "morally gray" like it was the assignment and plays with the push-pull of "fated mates" and "star-crossed lovers" in a way that could get interesting if a lazy "chosen one" trope doesn't get in the way.
Parts of it were kind of a mess for me — sometimes in ways I didn't mind and sometimes in ways that I did. The world seems like standard high fantasy at first but then it's also sort of post-apocalyptic and maybe less fae and more seraphs and demons? I don't need the world building to be completely nailed down in the first book in a series so I wasn't too fussed about this. If anything makes me pick up book two it'll be wanting to figure out this fantasy world and system. I mean I did not have
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Classism
Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Vomit
Physical compulsionanoelle896's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Torture, Vomit, Abandonment, and Classism