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doahdancer's review
- 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
Graphic: Genocide, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Sexism, Slavery, Vomit, Antisemitism, and Colonisation
Minor: Miscarriage and Misogyny
karapillar'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: Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Gun violence, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Stalking, and Death of parent
Minor: Infidelity, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
condls27'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
4.25
Moderate: Genocide, Infertility, Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, and War
stephanieluxton's review
- 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? It's complicated
3.25
I don't remember exactly how I heard fo this book but I was a huge fan of Addie LaRue and this book sounded like it had similar themes (although its really not the same at all).
Khiran is an interesting concept but I felt like he was devoid of personality at times. Sometimes he feels like Howl from Howls Moving Castle and other times he is just bland. I imagine we will learn more about him in book 2. I also would like to know more about Eira and Silas. Backstories would be fun and it's very possible we will learn more in book 2.
The theme of the book wasn't totally clear. It had themes of kindness, selflessness, and treating individuals with respect. There's some back and forth between seeing immortality is a gift or a curse and I wish we dove into that a bit more. Anna seems to just be sailing through time and every hurdle is but a small speedbump. Not much has a serious emotional impact in this book because the reader breezes through the events so quickly that they don't have enough time to care fully. I found myself not being afraid when Anna was in a scary situation because she's immortal. The pain she feels isn't describes vividly enough for me to feel it with her.
I think this story would be better as a tv series than in book format. I also feel like the author gave it her best shot. Clearly I just wanted this book to be 900 pages long so I could have the level of detail and emotional damage I wanted. And writing a 900 page book sounds like a lot of work, so it's fine. It's still worth reading. I will be reading the sequel when it's released.
Moderate: Death, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Genocide, Rape, and Fire/Fire injury
This book isn't graphic. We do see public executions, black plague, nazi germany, helping slaves get to freedom, and people injured from war. Our main character works as a healer/nurse/midwife.jesuu__'s review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
It's hard to express my opinion of a book that is so incredible like this one, what can I say when my words don't come close to the beauty that the author has created.
The only way I can describe it is as a human story.
Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Medical content, Colonisation, and War
ingrid6's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Editing: sometimes a book sticks with you and this is one of those- giving it a higher rating because I haven’t felt as swept up in a book as I did in this one in a long time.
Graphic: Violence, Grief, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Genocide, Sexual violence, Vomit, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation