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memorykey2's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Body horror, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, and Kidnapping
talonsontypewriters's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, War, Death, Confinement, Violence, Murder, Gore, Emotional abuse, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Animal death, Classism, Racism, Gun violence, Torture, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, Body horror, and Stalking
Minor: Sexual content, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Incest, Infidelity, Drug use, Fatphobia, Child death, Death of parent, and Child abuse
rachellewiski'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? No
3.75
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship
Minor: Alcohol
shaylee_reads's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Violence, and Gore
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Torture, Body horror, War, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Gun violence
luluslittlelibrary's review
- 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? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis
erovelo's review
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence
gothicmoon's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Like in many other trilogies, the middle book of the Shadow and Bone trilogy suffers a curse: it serves only to connect the first and third. Nothing happens in this book. It's so boring.
I thought that putting Mal and Alina together at the end of the first book rather than at the last possible minute to culminate both plot and romance was revolutionary - except they only got together because the worst was yet to come. Their relationship flounders and nearly drowns several times in this book, all because either Mal or Alina simply refused to throw in a freaking lifebuoy. Most frustratingly though, a lot times Alina was willing to acquiesce just to go back to their happy times in the beginning of the book - but at the cost of her own health. Mal takes a very unlikeable turn in this novel. Like most first-person fantasy, this series could benefit significantly from varying POVs.
Nikolai is great, but I hope his presence doesn't interfere with killing the tsarist regiment, if that's still happening.
Graphic: Violence, Animal death, Emotional abuse, and Adult/minor relationship