szuum's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, and Confinement
Moderate: Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Sexual content and Transphobia
gowlstick'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
4.75
I found it slightly difficult to follow at first given the way the POV is written. I can say it's worth continuing though, and it created a pretty unique view as a reader, seeing as some things considered 'ancient' to the current story they might be commonplace in current real time. I found that this combined with the degree of information we can glean from the characters was what really caught me to keep reading.
The book also has a diverse set of main characters and it is one of the few books I've read that has multiple transgender characters where it is a large part of their life but thankfully isn't the only defined characteristic.
Graphic: Death
Minor: Cannibalism, Dysphoria, and Deadnaming
booksthatburn's review against another edition
Moderate: Death
Minor: Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Pregnancy, and Violence
aralakh's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Graphic: Cannibalism, Death, Gore, Confinement, Kidnapping, and Violence
Minor: Transphobia
vampiretree's review
4.0
Moderate: Cannibalism, Violence, and Dementia
brandyrae's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
My absolute least favorite part of the book is one of my own personal pet peeves and it's nearly constant, in the future they use "of" instead of "have" like would of, could of, should of. I legit considered just putting it down after the third time I came across it but reminded myself this takes place hundreds of years in the future, language evolves and apparently deteriorates, too.
Koli is telling his own story from his vantage point as an older man but that didn't stop me from getting sucked into the peril. I'm interested enough in how he gets to that older stage of his life to continue reading this trilogy.
Minor: Cannibalism
enderbug's review
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Cannibalism and Transphobia
maddiebusick'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
4.0
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Self harm, Sexual content, Transphobia, and Violence
bookswithjk's review
- 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: Transphobia, Death, Confinement, Infertility, and Cannibalism
jessd47's review
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Moderate: Violence, Confinement, and Death
Minor: Cannibalism