The design and UX isn't done, Rob and Abbie, okkurrrr! 😌
lynxpardinus's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, and Violence
Moderate: Death of parent, Blood, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Slavery, Abandonment, Gun violence, War, Cannibalism, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Ableism and Body shaming
c_dmckinney's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Moderate: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Gaslighting, Grief, Sexual harassment, War, Confinement, Abandonment, and Slavery
Minor: Death of parent, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Vomit, and Animal death
I tagged death of parent but her parents are technically alive just slaves trapped in their own mind and body by alien parasites. The parasites do not love their host's teenage daughter and she doesn't know why. Also an animal who is really a teenage girl is threatened with death but does not actually die. A shrew is focused on maggots and dead flesh.kaaaaaaaa's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Slavery
Minor: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Body horror, and Murder
ulogil'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
3.0
Graphic: Body horror, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Slavery, and War
Minor: Self harm
ramiel's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Next time Marco asked why we were fighting the Yeerks, I knew I would have a whole new answer. Because they destroy the love of parents for their daughter. Because they made Melissa Chapman cry in her bed with no one to comfort her but a cat.
The way I see Rachel is less of a "warrior" and more of a "martyr" - she sees someone suffering, someone in pain, and jumps in front of them, fighting tooth and nail to protect them. We see this from Jake's point of view in book one, when Cassie and Tobias are scared she holds them both and has "strength enough to share" despite being "terrified with tears running down her face".Â
Rachel's starting point in the war, her base, the reason she wants to fight isn't because "she wants to fight", it's because she would rather bleed to death than let anyone suffer. Any moment in later books when she self-reflects upon herself in horror is almost always when she's caused an innocent any sort of harm, and she even states aloud that she "does the dirty work, so that her friends don't have to do it". In later books we see this get twisted as with all the other kids (as war does), but it still all comes from this baseline feeling of duty towards others.
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Gore, Grief, Slavery, and Violence
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, and Violence
Minor: Sexual assault and Torture
Sexual assault: only a mention in the first few pages of the book. Rachel is walking home alone and some men follow her, catcalling and jeering, with the threat of this implied.