uranaishi's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Moderate: Animal death, Death of parent, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Misogyny
Minor: Child abuse, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Rape, and Body shaming
verinvaldez'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? It's complicated
2.0
The early chapters did an excellent job teaching me about the politics and world itself. But the more I saw of F'lar and Lessa the more I disliked them, I was initially rooting for them to learn to trust each other but F'lar loses all his charisma as he is clearly abusing Lessa to the point where she appears to have a panic attack about returning to him.
Lessa seems like she might've been considered a strong female character at the time of release, but she, like all of the characters including F'lar, ends up being reduced to being a purely arrogant character. The sexism she has to deal with is dreadful and there are only 3 other female characters in this book I could name, so Lessa gets points for rebelling against her treatment.
The dragons are great and the threat of the "Threads" and the main problem of the Weyr seemed like it wouldn't be solved within the very first book..However, it is! In the space of 30 pages Lessa solves the incredibly complex problem with absolutely no issues convincing anyone!
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She convinced 1800 dragonmen and their dragons to abandon their lives 400 years in the past and come to the future with her and they happily do this because "they are bored". She and all the other characters seem to be entirely unaware that this means she herself has caused the very issue she was trying to solve.On top of that, since the main hook and problem of this book has been solved I don't see any reason to read the following book. Surely now
Spoiler
they've increased their forces 9xSpoiler
I was extremely surprised the storyline with Fax didn't last longer because he was a much more interesting antagonist.Graphic: Sexism, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, and Rape
Moderate: Pregnancy, Confinement, and Mental illness
polarbbp's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
Moderate: Fatphobia, Rape, Sexism, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, and Pregnancy
mikariah's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
0.5
Graphic: Misogyny
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Rape
Minor: Sexual assault
trillingconclusion's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Alcohol
Minor: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, Infidelity, and Fatphobia
cossty's review
The first few chapters were fantastic.
Everything took a nosedive once Lessa was raped.
You are deluded if you believe that MC was not raped or that they raped each other because they couldn't control themselves.
She had undoubtedly been raped.
Everyone knew what was going to happen, but no one said anything to her.
I wonder why.
Following that, her toxic relationship with F'lar was really frustrating to read, and I put the book down.
Yes, I didn't complete it.
That doesn't prevent me from having an opinion about it.
Dragons are sapient in this narrative.
That implies Mnementh also raped Ramoth.
While she was following another dragon, Mnementh leapt out onto her.
I have no objections to rape being depicted in literature.
What I despise is when it's written in a conciliatory tone.
"Because of this and that, it wasn't truly rape."
Because of the "culture," it wasn't a rape.
Because they aren't humans, it wasn't a rape.
Because he is a male, it was not a rape.
Graphic: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, and Toxic relationship
withywoods's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Minor: Rape and Domestic abuse
tak's review
- 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
3.5
Moderate: Misogyny
Minor: Rape
spacebornfew'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? It's complicated
2.0
Graphic: Fatphobia and Misogyny
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual assault
Minor: Domestic abuse
swampmonster's review
Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, and Sexism
Minor: Pregnancy and Miscarriage