bookycnidaria'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
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, War, Blood, Physical abuse, Torture, Classism, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Confinement
alexalily'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
5.0
Graphic: Animal death
Moderate: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Death, Blood, Gore, Grief, Sexual content, and Violence
Minor: Alcoholism, Confinement, Homophobia, Classism, and Self harm
lucystolethesky'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
4.5
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Blood, Gore, War, and Violence
Moderate: Sexual content, Classism, Confinement, Medical content, Xenophobia, and Grief
Minor: Suicide and Suicide attempt
readingsofaslinky's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Blood, Classism, Xenophobia, Violence, Murder, Misogyny, and Grief
purplepenning's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Self harm
Moderate: Sexism, Classism, Grief, Animal death, Torture, Alcohol, Child abuse, Confinement, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic friendship
dreareads_'s review
4.5
Okay, I should note that Black Sun is one of my favorite books of all time, just the perfect start to an epic fantasy/sci-fi trilogy.
The sequel was SO good, but also pretty different in scope. While Black Sun had political intrigue, at its core it was the story of a boy & a girl trying to find/fight their destiny. In this book Roanhorse puts the political machinations at the forefront of the story. The scope and number of pov's that we get increase, giving us better insight into the plot of the story. We are introduced to many chess pieces that are slowly moved into position before the final book.
Our favorite characters continue to shine, with Iktan just being the best. I enjoyed the complexity of Serapios character, and Naranpas own journey was exciting. I personally was disappointed by Xiala throughout the book, because she felt as if the plot was happening TO her instead of her playing any important part.
Spoiler
also, her being mostly love sick throughout the entire book was really annoyingSome may feel that the pacing was a bit slow, but I think it worked in giving us time to get used to the new characters and learn more from the world. Overall, this is a book meant to prepare us for the final installment and it did its job. I cannot wait for book three and what is sure to be an epic conclusio
Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Classism, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Blood, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War