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catsphodel's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.25
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, and Alcohol
noellegrace8'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? Yes
5.0
I do not factor audiobook narrators' performances into in my overall star rating of a book, but I would give Rebecca Soler a 4.5/5. She did better with this one than the last, with a bit more variance in her emotion, although it still drones or falls flat in parts. Her accents were quite good, actually allowing me to know who was talking when. However, I started to wonder why Scarlet has a French accent (typically, though sometimes Soler forgets to use it) but Kai, for instance, has an American one even though he lives in New Beijing.
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Genocide, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
The items I included in "Graphic" are mostly due to violence throughout the book related to themes and characters. This second book contained much more of that than the first. Items in "moderate" are either thematic in occurrence or are detailed enough to warrant more than a brief warning. I did want to explicitly inform the potential reader about my sexual violence/rape warning: it is only threateded/mentioned once in nongraphic terms. It never actually happens/happened.lis4so's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Kidnapping, and Classism
Minor: Addiction, Torture, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail
sarahaf712's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Vomit
gattolino_nn'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
I love the characters introduced in this book. Scarlet, Wolf, and Thorne are all great, with their stories and interactions. On top of the characters we see a bit more into what the Queen Levana's Luna is like as well as other places on Earth. The book also does a fun job of pulling Cinder and Scarlet together and sets up well for the next book.
I'm very much enjoying the reread and recommend giving this series a go if it has been your radar, but haven't had a chance to pick it up.
Graphic: Violence and War
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Addiction and Torture
maria_pell'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: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Hate crime, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Minor: Animal death and Vomit
lagiven's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Death, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Murder, and War
Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Torture, Blood, Grief, and Abandonment