nat20charisma's review against another edition
4.5
The book is full of awful adults (and a few good ones too) doing terrible research on children in the name of the church. Lyra is an interesting child with a brilliant mind. I won’t say I found her the most lovable main character, but she had some creative solutions to the situations she was in and she grew on me over time.
Graphic: Child abuse and Blood
gentle_garbage_baby'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
Graphic: Child abuse and Violence
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child death, Animal death, and Death
Minor: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Trafficking
sorkka's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Child death and Kidnapping
Moderate: Child abuse, Abandonment, Medical trauma, and Trafficking
Minor: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Violence
Overall this is a children's book but some children may be disturbed by the child kidnapping andSpoiler
medical trauma / child experimentation that occurs. This leads to some animal and child death.Spoiler
mother and father are revealed to be exploitative of childrenbennoyb's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Classism, Racism, Child death, Child abuse, and Violence
wemily0's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Moderate: Violence, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Child abuse, Death, and Child death
merrynthomas's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
3.75
Moderate: Child death, Child abuse, and Violence
Minor: Gore
fjerda'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: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Murder, Gore, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Child death, and Death
plume_de_renarde's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
Graphic: Child abuse, Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, Child death, and Animal death
Moderate: Religious bigotry and Misogyny
Minor: Abandonment, Racism, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship
jadziaaudrey's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Death, War, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Animal death, and Animal cruelty
Moderate: Murder and Grief
Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Toxic relationship
ra22ouille's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
The plot ambled and the intensity/stakes kept seesawing with a lot of intensity. It took away from the impact of the ending. It felt like it was just another one of the big hurdles that had already happened and didnt feel particularly special.
I found the way some of the accents were written annoying.
Graphic: Child death, Medical trauma, and Child abuse