emmarose91's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Torture, and Death
kenna13's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Classism, War, Blood, Animal death, Colonisation, Confinement, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Gun violence, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Slavery
msradiosilence'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
3.5
Content warnings at the bottom. :)
Listen, Levana was wrong. She was bad, she killed LOTS of people, and she deserved retribution, but the way they defeated her was just horrible. So she
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has burns, because Cinder’s mom pushed her into a fireplace, but we’re supposed to believe thatSpoiler
we’re allowed to throw Levana’s looks in her face, and ultimately kill her, but Cinder should be celebrated for overcoming the same injuries?This book is also like 200 pages too long. The rest of them just kept running and hiding and separating and it kept happening. Twice is redundant, three times is annoying, and four times is fucking ridiculous. Talk about tedium.
And somehow, even with the book being too long, Winter and Jacin’s relationship was too rushed. How can a book be too long and have the main romance be so quick? Yadda yadda, that’s how. Those 200 pages of the same shit could’ve been dedicated to building Winter and Jacin’s relationship.
The one thing that we had a decent time of was the setting, at least. Meyer did a grand job describing the moon and its colonies, which…if you could do it well in this book why didn’t you in literally all the other books? Ugh.
Rating: 3.5
Would I recommend? Not really, unless you enjoy hypocrisy, 16yo moon queens, and long drawn out action sequences.
Content warnings: Genocide, Medical content, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Classism, Car accident, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, War, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Grief, Murder, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Bullying, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal death, Child death, Death of parent, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Graphic: Animal death, Ableism, Body horror, Genocide, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Torture, Medical content, War, Car accident, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Mental illness, Child death, Bullying, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death, Murder, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Suicide
strawberrytheauthor'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? No
5.0
I really enjoyed it and while it ended predictably it was a good ending. I have now started Fairest: Levana’s Story right away.
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, Classism, Death of parent, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and War
prashiie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
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Cinder eventually was very generous toward them and until the end they did nothing to deserve her kindness.I did like Winter, although I didn’t fully understand why she chose to not use her Lunar gift every now and then. This would have kept her safe from Lunar sickness. Like Scarlet mentions, she could have just used it to change the color of her dress. Her reply to this is somewhat acceptable, but not fully satisfying.
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I expected her to never use it but in the end she did it to save Jacin and it took a big toll on her mental health. If only she used it every now and then….?But she did make a very good point with which I fully agree!
Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Torture, Violence, Chronic illness, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, War, Xenophobia, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Body horror, Classism, Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Animal death, Blood, and Kidnapping
Minor: Child death and Abandonment
gattolinos_nerdy_nook'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? No
4.5
I will admit it feels slow in the beginning especially with how the last book ended, but it better sets up and introduces us to Winter and makes her a main player in the story now. By a third into the book everything very much starts to pick up again and the story starts to hit the ground running.
I loved how the story line would mix and change POVs weaving people's stories together before once more diverging again. It really kept the pace fast and intrigue and urgency high, and it all came to an orchestrated ending for the book and series. Everything was tied up and concluded nicely but left moments open that could be looked into with the novellas.
Graphic: Violence, Death, War, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Child abuse, Torture, Death of parent, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicide
mia_123's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Torture
Moderate: Animal death
psliz'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? No
3.75
Graphic: Torture, Violence, Murder, Gun violence, War, and Death
Moderate: Suicide, Gore, Ableism, Kidnapping, Confinement, and Sexual assault
Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Blood, and Alcohol
le3713'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? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Child abuse, Mental illness, Death, and Violence
Moderate: Confinement, Animal death, and Torture
meghansarmiento97'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
4.5
Graphic: Blood, War, Medical trauma, Murder, Police brutality, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Vomit