kibberbl's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Death, Police brutality, Misogyny, Classism, and Gun violence
bluberrybooks's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Colonisation, Misogyny, Police brutality, Domestic abuse, and Xenophobia
sabrinahughes's review
not for me
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Classism
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Confinement
kalmia31's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Car accident, and Classism
Moderate: Death of parent, Violence, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Blood, and Homophobia
longlost's review
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
man this was a lot of fun. I wasn't sure I'd like the book considering I wasn't sold on the premise, but the writing style drew me in and I adored reading about Dani & Carmen + the critique of capitalism and societal structures was fantastic.
Spoiler
the ending, however, hurt me </3
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Xenophobia, Violence, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, Toxic relationship, War, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Police brutality, Gun violence, Death, and Homophobia
Minor: Alcohol
thatbookishworm's review
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism
Moderate: Domestic abuse
kaidoz's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
In the beginning, I wasn’t sure if I liked the premise. The story seemed to be moving a little slow even though the pace was quick, and I wasn’t sure if anything new would be offered in the last few chapters. I was wrong. The ending of the book was my favorite part because it pissed me off. I felt emotions that I couldn’t feel in the beginning and middle. This was proof that I had grown attached to these characters- to their story. I’ll be reading the sequel soon.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Car accident, Death, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Sexism, and Violence
Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, and Sexual content
Minor: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia
The main plot of the book centers around working against a totalitarian government with a violent military. The societal role of women in the book is very misogynistic as well, so be prepared for that along with the violence.obviousthings's review
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
I thought the premise of this story was really cool and interesting, and I was impressed with the worldbuilding and how La Voz was written, but the book as a whole just did not work for me.
Dani is naive and totally unprepared for the situations she finds herself in. I think this could have worked if it had been the point of the story - that might have been an interesting exploration of morality - but because this is YA, the narrative is on her side at all times. (Not something I fault the genre for, but because Dani is so far out of her depth, it doesn't work well here). I don't mind characters who make bad decisions, but it's really frustrating to watch a character make a bad decision and then have the narrative try to pass it off as totally reasonable. For much of the book I found myself wishing for a more capable protagonist.
Dani is naive and totally unprepared for the situations she finds herself in. I think this could have worked if it had been the point of the story - that might have been an interesting exploration of morality - but because this is YA, the narrative is on her side at all times. (Not something I fault the genre for, but because Dani is so far out of her depth, it doesn't work well here). I don't mind characters who make bad decisions, but it's really frustrating to watch a character make a bad decision and then have the narrative try to pass it off as totally reasonable. For much of the book I found myself wishing for a more capable protagonist.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Xenophobia, and Misogyny
Moderate: Bullying, Car accident, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Murder, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Police brutality
Minor: Blood, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Medical content
Warning for fire/a building burningnorthernplunder's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
tense
fast-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence, Sexism, Police brutality, Death, and Misogyny
Minor: Gun violence, Bullying, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, and Kidnapping
magi's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
read if you like:
-complex world / political system, polarization, unjust justice system and oppression,gender roles system, class struggle
- South American World building!
- complex world BUT we only learn it from the POV of the MC (which could be a problem for some i guess)
- no magic, mention of gods in world building
- very interesting take on marriage and gender roles, but still same old real world sexism and gender roles ( very frustrating for me to read but at least it's written in a bad light)
- imma say it it ends a bit in a emotional cliffhanger which drives me crazy, but it just shows that i really got invested into the story
- young love, but does feel suddenly very intense without the reader being able to relate ( still like the dynamic a lot)
- the poor main character always trying to just survive, she never really has a choice for her actions but I think we gonna see more of that in the second book, hopefully especially with her Primera skills in action, I want to see her to use it more to intimidate people and show of her education instead of pretending to be a worried lil housewife
- no magic, mention of gods in world building
- very interesting take on marriage and gender roles, but still same old real world sexism and gender roles ( very frustrating for me to read but at least it's written in a bad light)
- imma say it it ends a bit in a emotional cliffhanger which drives me crazy, but it just shows that i really got invested into the story
- young love, but does feel suddenly very intense without the reader being able to relate ( still like the dynamic a lot)
- the poor main character always trying to just survive, she never really has a choice for her actions but I think we gonna see more of that in the second book, hopefully especially with her Primera skills in action, I want to see her to use it more to intimidate people and show of her education instead of pretending to be a worried lil housewife
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U want similar reads?
I read three books the last 2-3 weeks, this one, the second mango and Of Fire And Stars / of Ice and Shadows(book1&2).
1)The three books can be described with these tags: fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ (young adult)
2)And they all have a main character that has her life planned for her since the day she was born and is excelling in completing all expectations ( 2 out of 3 MC at least). The strengths that they all show is with their brains, e.g. political strategist, detective work, spy work, logical thinking and/or education.they are all princesses/high political status.
3)all books invest a big part into a first big wlw romance story-line
read second mango if:
-if you want a short but wholesome read thats not very complex but funnej (could suprise you though with the plot)
-loved that the world building setting is around Jewish believes and culture
-the main character is basically a Useless Lesbian(TM).I love to see it, this awkward s*xual frustration (but no strong words / descriptions used, still fine for young people I'd say)
-it's definitely for "a lil older" young audience
-magical world setting but less focus to describe magical rules
- reads like a lil funnej little dnd one-shot
read of Fire and Stars if:
- read this one if you enjoy young love, teenage emotions/drama , horses ( first book not the second), political schemes and tiny bits of war
- it gets a lil dark but not like psychologically dark dark
- POV switches between the two love birds which i like
-second book makes great magical world building and shows the culture shock you can get when you come into a new culture as a stranger
- climaxes of the plot , really not that satisfying , too little invested into them especially the ending, but it can still be a nice read
- you can handle that the love birds will be separated for a long time for plot/ character development , and some situations definitely feel staged
2)And they all have a main character that has her life planned for her since the day she was born and is excelling in completing all expectations ( 2 out of 3 MC at least). The strengths that they all show is with their brains, e.g. political strategist, detective work, spy work, logical thinking and/or education.they are all princesses/high political status.
3)all books invest a big part into a first big wlw romance story-line
read second mango if:
-if you want a short but wholesome read thats not very complex but funnej (could suprise you though with the plot)
-loved that the world building setting is around Jewish believes and culture
-the main character is basically a Useless Lesbian(TM).I love to see it, this awkward s*xual frustration (but no strong words / descriptions used, still fine for young people I'd say)
-it's definitely for "a lil older" young audience
-magical world setting but less focus to describe magical rules
- reads like a lil funnej little dnd one-shot
read of Fire and Stars if:
- read this one if you enjoy young love, teenage emotions/drama , horses ( first book not the second), political schemes and tiny bits of war
- it gets a lil dark but not like psychologically dark dark
- POV switches between the two love birds which i like
-second book makes great magical world building and shows the culture shock you can get when you come into a new culture as a stranger
- climaxes of the plot , really not that satisfying , too little invested into them especially the ending, but it can still be a nice read
- you can handle that the love birds will be separated for a long time for plot/ character development , and some situations definitely feel staged
- interesting characters with contradicting sides, but also very obvious clear roles ( which is fine but might feel shallow sometimes)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse and Alcoholism