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unremi'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
3.25
Graphic: Genocide
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Infidelity, Medical trauma, and War
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.muff1n_reads'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
Reviwed: may 28 2024
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As im writiting this i have read winter and im waiting for the graphic novles
I never reviwed this one when i finished so here we go
MAN I LOOOOVE WOLF AND SCARLET SOOO CUTE AHHH if you read my review abt the "queens army" you will understand how much i love wolf lol
And scarlet is SO๐FRICKING๐COOL๐ ( i now want a gun and red hoodie lol)
And i loved cinder and thorns friendship lol
when they first meet THE SOAP CONVO LOOL (iykyk)
and the
"you opened my control pannel?"
"I didn't want to"
" well i guess that was pretty fast thinking"
"We're having another moment, aren't we?"
" if by a moment, you mean me not wanting to strangle you for the first time since we met, then i guess we are. Although maybe im just too exhasted to want to strangle anybody."
"I'll take it"
Fave quotes
"youโre the only one, scarlet. youโll always be the only one."
๐ And๐
โi would rather die because i betrayed them, then live because i betrayed you.โ
What can i say i read this book in 2 days lol and i think its my fave other than winter its tied with cress
I hope you enjoy/enjoyed this book as much as i do
Happy reading๐ โค
-Muffin
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Torture, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting
Minor: Alcoholism, Vomit, and Abandonment
lawbooks600's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.0
Score: Seven points out of ten.
Well. First I have a statement, the last book I read from Marissa Meyer (a hit or miss author), Cursed, was a hit so I headed in with high expectations when I picked up the book and finally read it. When I finished it, I enjoyed it but I didn't think this novel was a step up or a step down from Cinder (it was at the same level as Cinder, which isn't a bad thing) and I'm hoping Cress might be better. It starts with the new main and titular character Scarlet Benoit or Scarlet for short living in Rieux, France. The book cuts to Cinder in the Eastern Commonwealth from the preceding book. As with other long books (like 400+ pages long) it's slow paced but again that let me explore new and familiar characters e.g., Wolf (which I liked.) Speaking of, I liked all the people in this book except Levana but for some reason I couldn't connect to them which didn't ruin my enjoyment of the narrative in any way. The first three quarters of the book had nothing much happen except character dynamics except the last quarter, where the Lunars started a war on Earth, invading and causing human genocide (horrific but understandable; they're the villains after all) which ends the book. The bonus content at the end was intriguing as well including a short story and a sneak peek at Cress.
Graphic: Confinement, Genocide, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Full trigger warnings: Blood depiction, physical assault and injury, imprisonment, war themes, pandemic, fire, genocidethumbeleia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic
eowyn_zoe's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Death and Genocide
Moderate: Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, and War
Minor: Injury/Injury detail
nasab'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
4.75
Graphic: Genocide and Kidnapping
jfield351's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Violence and War
Moderate: Death, Genocide, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Stalking, and Murder
zoepagereader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Violence, and Murder
Minor: Vomit
therobinjoyce'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
3.0
The continuation from book 1s character took far too long to be reintroduced and the action could have been far much more ramped up. There was a innate sense of predictability to the majority of the story but all in all it was a decent read.
I did particularly enjoy the interactions and character relationships between Wolf and Scarlet and their story was very compelling and intriguing.
If I'd read this as a teenager I probably would have loved it far more than I did reading it for the first time as an adult.
Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, and Grief
Moderate: Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, and Kidnapping
Minor: Genocide, Torture, and Death of parent