ccryptid's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-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? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence
Moderate: Rape, Child death, Chronic illness, Racism, and Xenophobia
Minor: Rape
poppywarphan's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
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? Yes
4.0
"I have rules to not break me.” Nita’s voice was soft. “You have rules to not break you. But I think we need rules to keep from breaking us.”
I'm obsessed with them. 😖 They need to work on communication skills though...
These have potential to become my favorite non fantasy(ish) books. I'll admit I didn't like Nita as much as in the first book. She seems to have gotten a case of chronic stupidity. I actually liked Kovit much more. He had more depth. Since she caused that mass murdering she's become more comfortable with killing and spent most of the book going/wanting to go on murder sprees. At some points others try to stop her because it only made situations worse.
She hadn’t fixed anything. She’d made everything ten times worse.
Their conversation was over, and Nita was left feelingdeeply uneasy, like she’d made a terrible mistake.
"You know, Nita, murder doesn’t solve every problem.”
"Murder isn’t the answer.”
And there, quietly, with the sound of an innocent man’s screams in the background, being tortured because of her mistakes, she began to weep.
Nita was also quite a hypocrite and annoyed the hell out of me with her stupid brash decisions. I admit I thought this book would be another victim of the 2nd book syndrome and was prepared to give it 3 stars but the last quarter blew me away.
Back to the asexuality question. I can definitely see it being true. I don't think I noticed any signs of sexual attraction. The romantic attraction was also questionable
I'm obsessed with them. 😖 They need to work on communication skills though...
These have potential to become my favorite non fantasy(ish) books. I'll admit I didn't like Nita as much as in the first book. She seems to have gotten a case of chronic stupidity. I actually liked Kovit much more. He had more depth. Since she caused that mass murdering she's become more comfortable with killing and spent most of the book going/wanting to go on murder sprees. At some points others try to stop her because it only made situations worse.
She hadn’t fixed anything. She’d made everything ten times worse.
Their conversation was over, and Nita was left feelingdeeply uneasy, like she’d made a terrible mistake.
"You know, Nita, murder doesn’t solve every problem.”
"Murder isn’t the answer.”
And there, quietly, with the sound of an innocent man’s screams in the background, being tortured because of her mistakes, she began to weep.
Nita was also quite a hypocrite and annoyed the hell out of me with her stupid brash decisions. I admit I thought this book would be another victim of the 2nd book syndrome and was prepared to give it 3 stars but the last quarter blew me away.
Back to the asexuality question. I can definitely see it being true. I don't think I noticed any signs of sexual attraction. The romantic attraction was also questionable
Spoiler
despite them kissing.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, and Murder
Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Minor: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Racism
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