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matteo_of_eld's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Death, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Vomit, Islamophobia, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, and War
cbarteau's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Murder, Colonisation, and War
Moderate: Misogyny and Pedophilia
sanjica's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.25
Three things I particularly disliked:
- Our protagonist is a crybaby, and too many pages are spent on him being aggressively jealous of other people in his beloved child-bride's life (trigger warning:
who he still calls kiddo while having sex with her?!? ), which bring me to... - Aenea - the prophet, the teacher, and the plot-device. There is nothing to be said about her character as, in the end, none of her "teachings" matter at all. She could've been a magical blood bucket and the whole plot would remain the same (but with less whining from Raul).
- Speaking of, the plot of the book meanders and could've been edited down significantly without losing anything of importance. Example: author often wastes pages on naming every single elaborately-named character in a scene, even when 30+ characters are present.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Torture, and Vomit
Moderate: Genocide and War
Minor: Xenophobia and Religious bigotry
The central relationship of the book would very much be considered grooming.traa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Body horror, Cancer, Infidelity, Pedophilia, and Blood
Minor: Ableism, Child death, Homophobia, Infertility, and Pregnancy
sammelito's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Death and Torture
Moderate: Vomit and War
zerobot's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.25
Also, if the relationship between Raul and Aenea (couldn’t have a normal name for the ethereally perfect messiah pixie dream girl, could you?) wasn’t semi-pedophiliac enough, his calling her “kiddo” all the time really hits the nail on the head.
Graphic: Torture
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship