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noellegrace8's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
I feel like I've ranked Rebecca Soler's performances so many times at this point that it's getting redundant, but I can only give her a 4/5 this time around unfortunately, due to whoever produced this audiobook. She was obviously sick or recovering from respiratory illness! I don't understand why they would force her to record before her voice was fully back to its normal state. It made the performance grating, as she sounds clearly stuffed up.
Graphic: Bullying and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Cursing, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, Classism, and Deportation
The thematic elements of this entire series would stand to warn about topics revolving around one group of people being willing to rule over another in personal relationships and culturally. This book in particular mentions those concepts but doesn't go into details. The story I would give the biggest trigger warning about would be Winter & Jacin's, "The Princess and the Guard." This is where most the sexual assauly and suicide warnings come into play.inkysplodge'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? It's complicated
5.0
Moderate: Death, Suicide, Blood, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Violence, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic
oatmilkie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Sexual assault
msradiosilence's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content warnings at the bottom. :)
Every anthology I’ve ever read has had hits and misses. Most of these, unfortunately, were misses. I love The Little Android, which is the one exception, but most of these stories were in the backs of the original books. The one with Cinder’s dad, for example. And when I said I wanted Winter and Jacin’s relationship to be fleshed out, I didn’t mean that I wanted Winter to be unwittingly a player in someone’s continued sexual assault. It’s icky.
I wanted more of the Rampion crew. I know there’s the graphic novels, but I wanted more like the wedding story, which was very short and very rushed, if you ask me. And the fact that Kai upstages it by proposing to Cinder? The story says there’s a time skip, but they both seem like the immature teens they were in the series. UGH.
Rating: 3
Would I recommend? No, you could probably find The Little Android and the Rampion wedding story online somewhere.
Content warnings: Body horror, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Ableism, Child abuse, Bullying, Blood, Genocide, Torture, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gun violence, Death of parent, Child death, Car accident, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Rape, Medical content, War, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Classism, and Body shaming
Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic
val_theburrowofstories's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
2.0
Graphic: Self harm, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault
ameydireads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Vomit
marenm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
tiana_king's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Emotional abuse and Self harm
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Death
chuckielittle's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, and Blood
Minor: Sexual assault and Murder
hckilgour's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
The “origin” stories of Cinder, Wolf, and Cress were well done and provided information and insight on the characters. However, the ones for Winter and Kai were not nearly as well done or necessary.
Kai’s was literally just the opening of Cinder from his perspective. No new information was gained. No new storyline was introduced. It was just there.
Winter’s I feel like just wasn’t needed, except for the part about how she got her scars. The expansion of how Park abused the servant and how Jacin helped her through the hallucinations… we got all that from her book.
And then there was the android’s perspective. It didn’t relate to anything and it mostly just… was there. It was cool so see how androids became more human, but still.
The last story, which acted as more of an epilogue to the whole series was greatly needed. It put a nice little bow on everything and ensured they all got their happy endings.
Minor: Sexual assault