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abirchtealeaf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
How I ended up in the dungeon with nothing but my cat, underwear, and dynamite.
Taking this book as what it is. It's tremendous fun. The action goes fast enough to almost make you forget how horribly bleak the setting is. It's a decent take on the genre and compared to something like solo leveling, omvient readers viewpoint, or even any power scaling dungeon, crawling book it comes off less serious and more lovable.
Now to be clear this book comes with a pretty big list of trigger warnings. If none of those bother you and you want something fun. It's a pretty good read.
Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, and Blood
The book goes fast and doesn't linger but it's a dark setting. It's seems intentional that everything is awful and yet there is no time to longer on it.katie_holder's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I question if the author hates women? The misogyny was real. The references were absurd and offensive. Also I hate video games and I double hate books written like a video game (new hate unlocked) I definitely was not the target audience, the target audience would be the men incels who talk about hating women while simultaneously wondering why they can’t find a woman. This book was torture.
I only finished this because of book club, I like going to book club. Also the reason why I rated this a 2 star book was because the audiobook production was fantastic. I will not be continuing this series.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, War, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic
trying_ceratops's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Blood, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Cultural appropriation, and Gaslighting
Minor: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Sexual content, Grief, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury