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lvl52_grant's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
It felt less like a sequel. The story is a parallel one to the first book, but it made more sense to read it after the first instead of a tandem read. It gives more depth and answers questions the first left unanswered, and gives the city of Kithamar more character. Instead of focusing on a criminal underworld, it focuses on traders and nobility and young love. The two main characters tugged at my heart and showcased a story of finding yourself as you grow up. It's an excellent sequel and I'm mad that I need to wait for the third to be finished!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Body horror and Violence
Minor: Sexual content
sakeriver's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
I really like what Daniel is doing by telling the same story through different viewpoints, but instead of different individual POVs, using class as the distinction. And particularly how that subverts or works across genre norms, since the series moves from underclass to middle class to, presumably, elites in the finale. Really interested to see how this series ends.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death and Violence
alexalily's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- 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
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Violence, Medical content, and Death of parent
Minor: Cursing, Gore, Blood, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
athryn's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I enjoyed this one quite a bit more than the first book in the trilogy, and I would actually recommend that if you're having a hard time with the darkness of the first, to read this one. The trilogy is structured in a way that the story is all happening at the same time, so the events of the first book are happening in the margins of this book and vice versa.
The characters in here were a lot more lovable for me and the story was a little more heroic? If that makes sense. Maybe it just uncovers a bias towards certain kinds of stories for me.
The characters in here were a lot more lovable for me and the story was a little more heroic? If that makes sense. Maybe it just uncovers a bias towards certain kinds of stories for me.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Death, Infidelity, Violence, Police brutality, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Sexual content, Excrement, Grief, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic
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