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lynxpardinus's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and War
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Gaslighting
nataliemosher'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? No
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Child death, Sexual content, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, and Alcohol
nightmarebees's review against another edition
5.0
regardless, i was never not engaged by the story. i felt equally invested in all of the different POVs, and i genuinely cared about each of the main characters. it takes a long time for the separate plots to come together, but i found it very satisfying when they did. i kind of guessed a few plot points, but it never took me out of my immersion in the story. this is just incredibly well executed epic fantasy and i can’t be mad at it for doing what that genre is meant to do. i can’t wait to read more books in this world
Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, and War
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Infidelity, Sexism, and Religious bigotry
lyndle'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? No
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Suicide
ferlefur'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? No
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, and Misogyny
kynaeus'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? No
4.0
I felt the plot was slow to start which an interested reader should not hold as a bad thing, the book starts out introducing all the political concepts and characters and kingdoms that this Epic will be covering, one in each cardinal direction of the world. It's all a bit much to start with! But once you are familiar with each of those the storytelling's pace definitely picks up to a medium simmer until the climax.
The epilogue is nice and ties everything up, and audio book enjoyers will also have an hour long interview with the author to look forward to.
I think my biggest downside was I already knew what things had to happen and be in place for Priory to happen - so my biggest problem is that I knew where a prequel would lead to - and was just waiting to see it arrive. There wasn't a ton of surprise in the story for me, but it was told masterfully so props to S.S. who was made gay by the orange tree (listen to the interview!)
I WILL say, even though the first book is my favorite, this is still a delightful piece of grand fiction told across years and many viewpoints. It has magic, intrigue, it has gay, there's plenty of distrust and romance to go around, it has a ton of queer representation that is just psrt of the world and isn't soapboxy or trying to make a point. It's just a delightful read. But why didn't those moms take the food? Why.
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child death, Infidelity, Blood, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic
opinkb's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Violence, Pregnancy, and War
Moderate: Child death, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Cannibalism
hayreading'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
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic
selimhannah'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? No
5.0
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Abortion, Alcohol, and Colonisation
sshaw86's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Pregnancy, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic