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winged'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? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Chronic illness, Blood, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Terminal illness, Body horror, and Medical content
Moderate: Confinement, Violence, Cancer, Blood, and Cannibalism
Minor: Death of parent, Child death, Child abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Infertility
book_snail's review
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Child abuse, Body horror, Violence, Murder, Child death, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Bullying, Cannibalism, Cursing, Gore, Terminal illness, Blood, and War
Moderate: Confinement, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Grief
marysunburn's review
- 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? Yes
3.75
The worldbuilding was heavy and at times confusing, but the dialogue was engaging and refined and the fight scenes were cinematic.
Graphic: Infertility, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Pandemic/Epidemic, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Classism, Death, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Self harm, Violence, Vomit, Terminal illness, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Chronic illness, Gore, Medical content, Grief, and Religious bigotry
dani_365'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: Bullying and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Grief, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Toxic friendship, Blood, Torture, Death, and Body horror
Minor: Genocide, Death of parent, and Slavery
chloe5454'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
Graphic: Gore, Suicide, Violence, Abandonment, Classism, Body horror, Child abuse, Blood, Cursing, Cancer, Confinement, Murder, and Grief
Moderate: Cannibalism, Genocide, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Infertility
luciferin's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Violence
Moderate: Death of parent, Abandonment, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Grief, Physical abuse, Vomit, and War
maddierandolph's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death, Child death, Classism, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Slavery, Suicide, and Violence
Moderate: Cancer
Minor: Cannibalism, Bullying, and Mental illness
eleonorehilbig'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? It's complicated
2.0
it's basically the hunger games in an agatha christie murder mystery but really badly executed....
things i liked:
- gideon, our main character. she's snarky and to the point
- the sixth house (sience for the win)
- the general magic system.
things i didn't like:
- the writing. (the author is using a lot of "grown-up words" which doesnt help you understand the book amy better.
- the world building (if you can even call it that) we're in a house, on a planet, the house has doors and rooms. but mostly doors. also there are skeletons, and necromacers. and nine houses. why? who knows....
- the naming of the characters (everyone -even REALLY unimportant characters have like 3-5 different names and while
they're being killed off you're just too busy trying to remember who that is to give a f*ck. - and this might just be about the marketing - but i feel VERY iffy about how this book is promoted as "enemies to lovers" when it is absolutely a story about abuse. also wtf about the ending.
not here for the romantasized abuse!
so basically it's a book about some characters in a house and one is a murderer. also there is necromancy and swords.
Graphic: Gore, Murder, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Violence, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Grief, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Child death
katieanne4's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
5.0
Graphic: Body horror and Death
Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, and Emotional abuse
defectivedetective'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, Violence, Death, Blood, Murder, Gore, and Body horror
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Cannibalism, Cursing, Terminal illness, and Cancer
Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicide, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Sexual content