rxh05d's review against another edition
I don't know if this is a difference with the format or the books, since I read the first two in the print version and listened to this one. But this was SO ANNOYING. The readers just sounded way overdramatic and it made it obvious how repetitive the writing was. (Spoiler for book 2)
The characters didn't at all sound like they took the situation seriously. Pressia went around telling every single adult what she planned to do instead of being diplomatic. And acting like the line between pure and fused people is just about prejudice instead of actual lives being on the line because they're on two sides of the war. Partridge had no sense of subterfuge. Where he should have recognized he wasn't actually in charge and tried to play along while finding allies to do the things he wanted quietly, he just went around ordering people to do things they clearly weren't going to do like if he said "that's an order" it magically made them do what he said.
I read a few reviews and the ending didn't sound like it was worth continuing.
Spoiler
He had killed his father. He couldn't stop thinking about how he'd killed his father. Should he feel guilty for killing his father? What if they knew he'd killed his father. Was his father alive? But he killed his father!The characters didn't at all sound like they took the situation seriously. Pressia went around telling every single adult what she planned to do instead of being diplomatic. And acting like the line between pure and fused people is just about prejudice instead of actual lives being on the line because they're on two sides of the war. Partridge had no sense of subterfuge. Where he should have recognized he wasn't actually in charge and tried to play along while finding allies to do the things he wanted quietly, he just went around ordering people to do things they clearly weren't going to do like if he said "that's an order" it magically made them do what he said.
I read a few reviews and the ending didn't sound like it was worth continuing.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Ableism
Moderate: Forced institutionalization and Confinement
Minor: Genocide, Suicide attempt, Murder, Self harm, and Suicide
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