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garrpla's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Torture, Blood, Murder, and War
victoriaaurora's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Objectively, the character development is great and the author is clearly a skilled and talented writer. The story is well-crafted and there are some truly witty humorous elements, but I found pretty much all of the characters fairly anbhorrent! It just didn’t pull me in, I suppose. It’s definitely not a bad book, it just wasn’t the book for me.
I recognize that it is part of a longer, complex series and there’s probably a lot more to come in later books but the magic system and social structure was very dense, particularly for those of us who are only occasional dabblers in fantasy literature! If you’re the type of reader that enjoys really complex world building and dark themes, you’ll most likely love it!
It’s incredibly violent and I found the number of inter-connecting characters’ storylines difficult to keep straight in my mind, but that may just be because I had difficulty truly relating to the characters.
Some pretty problematic behavior towards women in the book, too, in case that’s a personal trigger which it was for me.
Graphic: Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Child death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, War, and Classism
rheagoveas's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, and Blood
tokaylamockingbird's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Minor: Slavery, Vomit, Alcohol, and War
joliebean's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Dementia, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
msawyer77's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail
yaxzx's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, and Murder
Moderate: Racism, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Cannibalism, Alcohol, Colonisation, and War
spookyjord's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Torture, and Blood
Minor: Slavery
krysley's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
gdwilliams019's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and War