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mandkips'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
3.25
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Torture
Minor: Vomit and Death of parent
relin's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting
Minor: Vomit
foreverinastory'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? Yes
4.5
Rep: Asian bisexual female MC, Asian lesbian female MC with an eye implant, Asian genius female side character, queer normative world.
CWs: Blood, body horror, child death, death, fire/fire injury, gore, grief, gun violence, injury/injury detail, kidnapping, medical content and unconsented medical experimentation, murder, torture, violence, war. Moderate: Car accident, colonisation, confinement, cursing, death of parent, emotional abuse, genocide, medical trauma, mental illness (anxiety and PTSD), police brutality, physical abuse, self-harm, toxic relationship, xenophobia. Minor: Panic attacks, vomit.
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, and Colonisation
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Vomit
cottlestonpie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Dysphoria, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Minor: Cursing, Infidelity, Sexual content, Vomit, and Stalking
lotten4's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Moderate: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War
mar'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? Yes
5.0
All that out of the way - it took me until about 1/3 of the book to get properly into it, but once Sona's and Eris's paths finally cross, DAMN. it gets GOOD. I love their fierceness, their enemies-to-lovers dynamic, I love the found family of it all of the Gearbreakers. Any minor criticisms I might have fade in comparison to how much I enjoyed this book. I just KNOW I would've become completely obsessed with it if I read it in high school, it's so unlike any other YA book I've read.
My favourite part of the book was Sona's internal conflict - her hostility towards her own body, the disgust she feels for Godolia and what they turned her into versus the power she feels when piloting a mecha, her attempts at forming a new identity for herself as a Gearbreaker. It's so compelling, and I love that she's not just fighting to get revenge for her parents, but for herself, too. It's so angsty in that distinctly YA way, but it GOT to me, okay!!! The ending is a gut punch after gut punch and I cannot wait for the sequel. I Am Not Immune to teen girls who had their childhoods stolen away fighting against the regime, taking down huge mechas and falling in love 🥺
(Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC!)
Graphic: Child death, Death, Blood, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Torture, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Vomit
starccato'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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment
Minor: Cursing, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Stalking
autumnrevisited'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: Death and Violence
Moderate: Torture and Blood
Minor: Vomit
applesaucemaybegood'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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Medical content
Moderate: Grief, Medical trauma, and Death of parent
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Vomit
mo345's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation
Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Infidelity, Mental illness, Slavery, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Car accident, and Alcohol