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someryarns's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Grief, Murder, Violence, Death, Gore, Abortion, and Animal death
Moderate: Alcohol, Rape, Suicide, and Racism
hardbackhoarder'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: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Racism, Gore, Body horror, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Blood, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Child death, Toxic relationship, Suicide, and Murder
Moderate: Slavery, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Ableism, and Domestic abuse
Minor: Drug abuse, Terminal illness, Abortion, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Vomit, Confinement, Deportation, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Rape, Cannibalism, and Homophobia
annakh16's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
I really appreciated the diversity of settings and characters, and learning about their struggles. It greatly strengthened the historical element of the story for me.
The characters themselves were lovable - well, mostly. Evie had me po-si-tutely annoyed sometimes, but she grew on me, and I also think her behaviour is actually realistic for a teenager in her position, which was refreshing. (But yes: too much slang. I agree with everyone on this).
I also absolutely loved the different friend/sibling/family dynamics. Theta/Henry and Memphis/Isaiah have my heart.
Regarding the ending,
Overall a fun read. Almost too spooky for me. But looking forward to the next book.
Moderate: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Suicide, Animal death, Grief, War, Abortion, and Racism
charleyyyyy's review against another edition
3.0
💫It's clear that, had I read this book for the first time now, I really wouldn't have enjoyed it as much. But because of the nostalgia and my already existing love for the charicters, I had fun.
💜My favourite aspects of this book are the charicters and the setting.
The cast are all so vibrant and full of life, they also have great banter with each other that I very much enjoyed.
💫Evie is a very unlikeable protagonist, she is spoilt, annoying and selfish, but I've always loved her. I sympathise with her feeling like she's never enough, and that she just wants to be something special and have people like her. She is meant to be unlikeable, and thats part of her charm, i think. I enjoyed her development throughout the book.
💫I also remembered how much I love ✨️Henry!✨️ Henry is the best charicter in this whole series.
💜I appreciate that this cast of charicters is quite diverse, with queer charicters and BIPOC charicters and charicters with different religious beliefs.
💜The setting is very well writen, you really feel like you're in ✨️1920s New York✨️ because of the slang, the references, and the descriptions. It creates a great atmosphere.
💜This book was too long, it could have been cut down a lot, especially in the beginning.
💫The mystery developed very slowly, it felt like everytime we got a new piece of information about the murders, we then went dillydallying with the charicters doing nothing for the next 30 pages.
✨️Once the mystery realy got going though, it was fun.
💫This whole book did feel like a long prologue for the rest of the series, to introduce the charicters, their backstorys and the magic, before the story properly starts.
💜But I realy enjoyed being back with these charicters in this world.
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Murder, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Racism
Moderate: Abortion and Grief
guessgreenleaf'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
4.0
Moderate: Death, Blood, Cannibalism, Classism, Racism, Alcoholism, Animal death, Violence, Child death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Murder, Grief, Suicide, and Sexual assault
maddiereadswords's review against another edition
5.0
This whole series is just so criminally underrated, I am frothing at the mouth, please come read these totally normal books that I am totally and completely normal about.
Graphic: Religious bigotry, Sexism, Violence, Alcohol, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Animal death, and Misogyny
Moderate: Abortion, Child abuse, Rape, Vomit, Confinement, Xenophobia, Gore, Police brutality, Racism, Domestic abuse, and Fire/Fire injury
queerseer's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: War, Mental illness, Grief, Classism, Blood, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Violence, Murder, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Confinement, Torture, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Alcohol, Xenophobia, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Animal death
There is graphic animal (pet) death in multiple sections.jackshortstack'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
4.0
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Antisemitism, Grief, Violence, Torture, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Racism
k_galloway'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
5.0
Graphic: Religious bigotry, Torture, Body horror, Xenophobia, Violence, Gore, Blood, Death, Grief, Hate crime, and Murder
Moderate: Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Stalking, Abandonment, and Alcoholism
Minor: War
readwithsuzanna's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Abortion, Animal death, Blood, Death, and Grief