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valerian_honeybee'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? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Car accident, and Colonisation
aishoka'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
4.75
Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting
lost_library'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
5.0
Moderate: Colonisation
Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
hellavaral's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Death and Murder
dandeliongirl'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
4.5
Graphic: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Kidnapping, and Colonisation
Minor: War
mkate4'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
4.5
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship
abbyaroza's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.75
(Gift giving note to myself: sex is not explicitly described, various violence occurs again mostly off page)
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse
Minor: Sexual assault
thysparklyreads'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? Yes
4.5
To me the main couple had Mr. Darcy/Elizabeth Bennet vibes in that they both feel so much for one another and yet other things like pride and prejudice (ha!) get in the way of them sorting it out. Does it detract from the story? Not necessarily. I think the plot has enough to carry it without us needing to focus on their pining for one another however more of that wouldn't have hurt.
One of the few negatives I should mention is that we get very few physical descriptions of the characters. Perhaps I'm used to books over describing people and I need to get over it but it does make it difficult to imagine what they look like.
I was surprised by how interested I was in the whole politics aspect of this, since so often books that try to do both romance and war settings fail. Not here!
My original plan was to switch between reading and the audiobook while multitasking and yet Raphael Corkhill knocked it out of the park so intensely that I had to keep listening while reading because the voices and narrating were incredible.
Also, as I came to write this review I found out there is a second book! Will definitely read it.
Graphic: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse
liketheverb'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
4.75
Graphic: Domestic abuse
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault
Minor: Torture and War
rynaissanceenby'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? Yes
2.25
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse
Minor: Physical abuse