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caseymac'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? It's complicated
3.75
Moderate: Slavery, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Pedophilia, Torture, Kidnapping, and Abandonment
talonsontypewriters'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? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Vomit, Grief, Alcohol, and War
Animal attack. Near drowning.cepbreed's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Song:
- Don’t Blame Me - Taylor Swift
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death
Minor: Sexual content and War
claudiamacpherson'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
5.0
Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Vomit, Grief, Outing, and Sexual harassment
battybookworm'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
5.0
Graphic: Death, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Death of parent
sonambuorion'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? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Kidnapping
Minor: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Torture
zngzag's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death and Gaslighting
Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Kidnapping
Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death
booksthatburn'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
It's about loneliness, abuse, and healing, including abuse to children and animals, so please be aware that those are major themes in the book.
The world building is solid, with enough detail to make later revelations feel important. The explanations feel natural, occurring as something happens or Katsa thinks of some detail. This makes it feel like the world is slowly being revealed even though early on it's not new to the protagonist. I like Po, he had a difficult set of things to balance and overall I like how he is with Katsa. His situation towards the end skirts some potentially problematic ableist tropes but manages to not make it seem like his late-acquired disability is what gives him greater control of his powers. YMMV on whether this works, I think it does because of the precise order of events.
Overall I like this a lot and I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the series.
Graphic: Death and Murder
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Death of parent
Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual content
therobinjoyce'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: Body horror, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, and Death of parent
Minor: Child abuse
readingrat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
+ creative and not overdone idea
+ fast paced page-turner
+ worldbuildig so basic, even my squirrel brain could keep up without going back to the map everytime a place was mentioned
+ no cliffhanger & no need to binge the whole series
+ finally a loveable and nice loveinterest in a YA book 🥳 No "He is a walking red flag but I don't care bacause he's hot"
+ romance was there but not too much
- infodumping in the beginning
- ShE iS nOt LiKe OtHeR gIrLs
- protagonist is a little too overpowered. She can do nearly everything. Yes, I know, it's because of her Grace, but it still leads to:
- ridiculously fast resolving of every problem
- Plottwists can be seen from space (but it's extremely satisfying, if your predictions turn out to be true)
- style of writing is a little inconsistent. Some sentences don't make sense, but it's not to bad for a debut novel
- kind of insta-love? Not love at first sight, you can see the feelings and relationship develop. But it's way too early to suddenly talk about love
=> Undeniable fan-fiction & Mary Sue elements, but I enjoyed every minute of it
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Torture, and Kidnapping