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jim_jam's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
informative
inspiring
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Wonderful world building! Really enjoyed the subtleties of women being better at magic but still subject to intense sexism and misogyny whilst also having the male character face difficulties because of his gender. Neither underminded the other! didn’t love dar as a character, felt like she needed more fleshing out and some for jake. Ungur and Miss Adams and the dean were everything I wanted though! highly recommend if you want science- magic books without the transphobia/ racism/ anti-semitism that *some* authors apparently can’t write without
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, Religious bigotry, War, and Injury/Injury detail
zombiezami's review
adventurous
funny
hopeful
mysterious
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
Thrilling worldbuilding. It was a little hard keeping a lot of characters apart, particularly Robert's schoolmates at Radcliffe. I also found it odd that basically all wars happened at the same time for the same reasons in this timeline as in ours, even with the concept of empirical philosophy being in place. The magic system reminds me a lot of alchemy in Full Metal Alchemist.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Classism
Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Homophobia, Slavery, Vomit, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Colonisation
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