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luckylulureads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism
ofbooksandechos'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? Yes
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, Medical content, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Genocide, Slavery, Trafficking, Grief, Abortion, Murder, and Alcohol
Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, and Sexual content
additional content warnings: extreme climate phenomena, intergenerational trauma, mentions of human experimentationnightworldlove'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Alcohol
Minor: Animal death, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Pregnancy
booksalacarte's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
haylzno's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
So many of the questions we were left with in book 1 were answered in this sequel and it was just so satisfying to start to put the pieces of the puzzle together and start to see the bigger picture.
That twist at the end?!?! Absolutely floored me.
I'm enjoyed that we got multiple POVs in this book vs. the (almost) singular POV from book 1.
We are introduced to a new character in this book and her POVs made me truly angry. There are certain tropes used that I am personally not a fan of. But regardless of how I feel about those tropes, they added a lot of substance to the plot and it served the story well!
Battle Drum picks up almost immediately where Final Strife left off and we are thrown into the thick of it right away which I loved. Final Strife took me a second to really get into but Battle Drum stole my interest from page 1.
I also adored the world building we got in this sequel. I need fan art of the giant mushrooms IMMEDIATELY.
I cannot waitttttt for the third book. I NEED ANSWERS SAARA
Thank you to netgalley, Penguin Random House and Saara for a copy of an eARC in exchange for an honest review
Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Gaslighting, and Colonisation
Moderate: War