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How can this be better then the first book?

Reviewed: 01-16-24

Don't get me wrong, I love legends and lattes. But, in the last year I have also started working in a library, so this book hit extra hard.

The focus here on a younger Viv is fantastic, and it does an amazing job of showing the reader how she became the person she is in L&L, however, what this book captures more then anything is just how powerful novels and a love of reading are, and that is just wonderful.

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An epic sequel

Reviewed: 05-31-23

Honestly I will be shocked if these two books are not optioned for TV show adaptation already.

This book takes everything that the first book did, and doubles down. I particularly love the descriptions and examinations of the other cities which makes for such a powerful and epic story.

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Just a gory excuse to be grim dark sci-fi

Reviewed: 04-25-23

Who is the audience for this novel?
It seems at times to try to push some anti-patriarchal ideas, but never comes good on them.

The fact is that this book is needlessly gory. If this wasn't a prequel book I would hope that there was some message about how "the best" military force in the galaxy shut itself down because they weren't "men" enough to accept women in the ranks. Instead the story goes into some eugenicsesqu crap at the ending as a cliff hanger.

I have the first Galaxy edge book downloaded, but probably will not listen... not worth the time for something that is rife with toxic masculinity as hard as it tries to sound like it is not.

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A disappointing ending

Reviewed: 12-20-22

I have plenty I would want to say about the author, but this is not the time or place for that.

Instead it is a place to examine how disappointed I was with this book. The story doesn't really have anything interesting going on, and the extremely smart characters make terrible choice simply because they need to, in order to move the story forward.

Overall I was bored, as not a lot happened, and nothing was resolved.

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TW needed

Reviewed: 11-13-22

Trigger warnings:
Violent possibly nonconsensual sex (1 scene)
A dog is killed in a horrible manner: drowning/stoned
General violence

I really enjoyed this book, especially the non linear nature of the storytelling.

I don't really like the second narrator Jack Crow, specifically how he treats women. But the Felix story hooked me and the mystery of Felix kept me listening even after a problematic sex scene.

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Cute and Wholesome

Reviewed: 08-09-22

What I love about this book is that it is really just a story about a person making a new life for themselves, and meeting exactly the right people to make that life a reality.

There is a heavy essence of queerness as well, but it is treated as normal which makes this story stand out as it shows a world where being queer is not a challenge and instead is just considered normal.

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Trigger Warning: SA, R, T

Reviewed: 07-01-22

Trigger warning: Sexual Assault, Rape, Torture

I really liked the start of this book. Imaginative clear magical world without so much of the over explanation you see in a lot of fantasy set during modern times. The character was interesting and engaging even if the main plot was a little dull.

The issue comes at the 3/4 mark of the book. At this point death sees the soul of a boy who has been raped by an adult woman in his family. The character then goes to assume that the child was a willing participant because he is male. This is grossly problematic and honestly made me question if I wanted to finish the book or not.

I decided to keep reading as I thought that that part of the story was over (it was not entirely). However, other stuff started becoming obvious. After this point in the book a character who had said she "had sex with a demon" is referred to as being raped, this same character is then tortured in a sexual manner later in the book.

Everything that this book was trying to achieve could have been handled without this reliance or sexual assault.

Although I liked the writing and story telling in the first 3/4th I would not recommend this book.

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Unfortunately Problematic

Reviewed: 02-27-22

I really really want to like this book... but the mechanisms of resolution is very problematic... and the books needs a CW for sure.

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Not worth the undercurrent of Misogyny

Reviewed: 06-24-21

I did finish this book beyond my better judgement. Great narrator, but the author insistence on calling the young actress "the creature" does not convey the "adoration" I think we are meant to take from it.

Other acting texts cover these same idea and I would encourage actors (both young and old) to look else where for their "first six lessons".

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Doesn't Hold Up

Reviewed: 03-02-21

I loved this book as a teen... but now with books like the stormlight archives and the Mistborn saga, Amber just feels dated and flimsy.

This book isn't really worth a credit, if it was the first five books or all ten then yes that's value... you can spend your credits better elsewhere.

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