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ariel790'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
4.0
Book 2 is more about the ins and outs between royalty. Brothers torn between their father, Nahri pulled between them, the king, queen, and people of her heritage.
Compared to the first, the authors writing has matured. Conversations between characters have a better flow, descriptions of settings, objects have more details. I feel she really captured the essence of sibling rivalry. However, due to the change of focus, the pacing is a lot slower. It isn't until about 70% in where everything comes together and the action hits. Makes for a different, yet complimentary story. The 1st still my favorite of the two, but 2 was still exciting and has me wanting to read the 3rd.
Graphic: Confinement, Violence, War, and Classism
Moderate: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, and Blood
Minor: Infidelity, Slavery, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
brynalexa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Classism
madamenovelist'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
4.5
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
mxpringle'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
4.75
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Sexual content and Sexual harassment
laurenkimoto'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: Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol
tinybluepixel'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, Death, Genocide, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Classism
Minor: Emotional abuse, Rape, Terminal illness, and Gaslighting
exorbts's review against another edition
- 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
2.75
it took me two months to finish this book and no need to say it was tremendously disappointing.
too many conveniences esp. the last sixth of the book.
I just wanna fathom why do authors give their main characters centuries to die and don't even kill them (ahm Muntadhir) I hate this soo much.
And even though I love him in TCOB, I loved to hate Montadhir in this book.
The author did a good job showing how being a spoiled brat who's indulgent in extravagance, sins, and sumptuous luxuries make his heart rot in Dissatisfaction، and start desiring harams/ wrongdoings ( his whole relationship with Jamshid)
قال تعالى:(إِنَّكُمۡ لَتَأۡتُونَ ٱلرِّجَالَ شَهۡوَةٗ مِّن دُونِ ٱلنِّسَآءِۚ بَلۡ أَنتُمۡ قَوۡمٞ مُّسۡرِفُونَ) (81)
Also, his greed over the throne even though his brother didn't show any interest.
and this man (Muntadhir) btw reminds me of an Abbasi Poet named "Dik al-Jinn", he resembles him so much in his unfaithfulness and desires except Muntadhir is no poet.
also, there were some expressions the characters did that made me roll my eyes -yeah like this one-
, because the Arabic culture is different from the English so why use English expressions!!?
I guess with all this research that the authors did I'm still being greedy?!
I still didn't like that the author made Muntadihr and Jamshid qu**r!
bad.. since they were actually my favorite characters and I loved their friendship in TCOB, but alas!
but the good part here is I started loving Ali more than in the first book. also an unpopular opinion but I still adore Dara and I really wished he would end up with Nahri.
guess I'm continuing since I have the last book.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Genocide, Violence, Blood, Islamophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Classism
claudiamacpherson'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
4.0
Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Gun violence, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Police brutality