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glddstwmn's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
I really wanted to like this, I enjoyed the first one and was excited to see where this led, the story itself us interesting enough but good lord, the characters have become INSUFFERABLE.
Poppy is such a pick-me, all of their personalities (Poppy/Cas/Keiran) fell flat, they were all written in the same tone. Keiran was particularly annoying, I wanted to like him but it was the same conversation over and over and it was CRINGE af anytime he interacted with Poppy.
This is a direct quote (no spoilers but I will put in a spoiler tag anyways)
It was. “I’m beginning to realize I’m an incredibly random person.”
This type of interaction of Poppy desperately trying to be qUiRkY and not-like-other-girls™️ was painful. She reminds me of Boxxy.
Also, Malik's name was spelled both with c and a k, interchangeably throughout and I found the way that the dialogue was written made it unclear of who was speaking.
Honestly, not sure if I will continue this series and if I do, I will DNF immediately if literally ANYONE mentions how many questions Poppy asks (is that not how conversation works??) Keiran and Cas are starting to give me the ick, and give off "hewwo pwincess" *tips fedora* type vibes and I was cringing hard in the annotations the entire time.
Graphic: Child death, Toxic relationship, War, Blood, and Body horror
Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Torture, Slavery, and Sexism
Minor: Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, and Rape
dubious consentmriaberio'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: War and Violence
Moderate: Sexual violence
th3bookthief'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
4.5
Moderate: Sexual content, Cursing, War, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Child death, Grief, and Death
bookishmind_13's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Violence, and Gore
Moderate: War, Emotional abuse, Torture, Animal death, Murder, Child death, and Physical abuse
Minor: Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Death of parent, Grief, Confinement, Mental illness, Classism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts
vettechmama3'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: Sexual content, War, and Blood
Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Child death, and Bullying
Minor: Cursing, Confinement, and Cannibalism
selestre'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: Injury/Injury detail, War, Cursing, Blood, Grief, Violence, and Death
Moderate: Classism, Confinement, Gore, Kidnapping, and Sexual content
Minor: Death of parent, Animal death, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Cannibalism, and Body shaming
Mentions of past SA.mari_books's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Sexual assault, Blood, Sexual content, and War
gelslitreviews's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Gore, Grief, Murder, Violence, and War
allisonamber's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: War, Blood, Violence, and Sexual content
Moderate: Rape
frantically'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? Yes
5.0
Things we don't have:
- plot
Things we do have:
- Sexual tension
- Lots of traveling (is there a "only one horse" trope?)
- Casteel once again murdering people for Poppy
- Weirdly sexual but hot scenes of Casteel drinking Poppy's blood
- Kieran and Casteel obvi being ready for a threesome
- Casteel caring for Poppy's wounds *sobs*
- yeah i think that's it
Graphic: Gore, Violence, Death, Child death, Murder, Blood, Sexual content, and War
Moderate: Rape
Minor: Animal death
The rape tag is for a veryyy dubcon scene between Poppy & Casteel