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datgirllani's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Grief and Classism
Moderate: Genocide, Slavery, Alcohol, and Blood
Minor: Death of parent and Death
thecatconstellation'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
Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, Violence, Blood, Death, and Grief
Moderate: War, Racism, and Mental illness
Minor: Sexual content, Animal death, and Alcohol
some_random_person_hi's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Hate crime, and Racism
Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Death, Alcohol, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Murder, Sexual content, and Xenophobia
Minor: Fire/Fire injury and War
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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Grief, Classism, Death, and Violence
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Gore, War, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, and Child abuse
Minor: Drug use, Suicide, Vomit, Torture, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Infertility, Self harm, Addiction, Sexual content, Excrement, and Suicidal thoughts
Discrimination and derogatory terms between in-universe factions. Self-injury for magical purposes.sinaprst's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I literally physically could not put this down (I read the last 300 pages in a day), because it is that good.
The romance was just the perfect slow burn with all of my favorite tropes executed perfectly. Both Crier and Ayla felt so real to me and I fell in love with both of them.
But the story aside the romance was just as great. I loved the way both Crier and Ayla had their own arc and their own secrets and motives that they kept from each other and how both arcs came together in the end.
Also, the writing style was beautiful and the world was believable and nicely crafted.
recommended reading ambience: https://youtu.be/6nRFaOFcbpk?si=hOC2OB-O1xe-7xKH
Graphic: Blood, Death, Slavery, and Murder
Moderate: Alcohol, Grief, Sexual content, and Death of parent
cheeky_biscuits'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? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Drug use, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Murder, War, Violence, Child abuse, Death of parent, Xenophobia, Blood, Body horror, and Death
Moderate: Misogyny, Classism, Alcohol, and Sexual content
Minor: Confinement and Dysphoria
strange_little_ranger's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Minor: Genocide, Gore, Violence, War, Classism, Death of parent, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Child death, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, and Slavery
sssssoup'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
4.5
Graphic: Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, Violence, Blood, Death, and Misogyny
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Gore, Death of parent, Child death, and Mental illness
Minor: Kidnapping, Infertility, War, Alcohol, Cursing, and Sexual content
starccato's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Blood, Colonisation, Death, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Moderate: Abandonment, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Alcohol, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Police brutality, Self harm, Sexual content, and Mental illness
k_aro's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Crier and Ayla are... good? Characters? I'm definitely not categorically opposed to them but I don't think they're particularly compelling in and of themselves, they seem kind of standard.
It was pretty gripping, though. It took me a little bit to get into it but it was definitely exciting after that.
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Misogyny, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Abandonment, Cultural appropriation, Police brutality, and War
Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Self harm, and Infertility
It's sort of hard to talk about the more social aspects of this book, given that it's between a fictional race and a real one, so when I say "cultural appropriation" I'm unsure whether it would realistically affect someone, given that it is largely the king appropriating human culture (such as, marital traditions).