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A Sky Beyond the Storm by Sabaa Tahir

10 reviews

jordicanread's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

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Overall, this book was good and it wrapped up the series almost perfectly. I loved A Torch Against the Night and A Reaper at the Gates, so I was excited for this final book. Unfortunately, it did leave me a bit disappointed. I was very bittersweet 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, War

Moderate: Child death, Racism

SABAA TAHIR DID NOT HAVE TO KILL OFF HARPER. I find it difficult to believe that his death severed any other purpose other than shock value. Helene literally lost her entire family and Harper taught her how to heal and love again, just for him to be ripped away? I don’t get it. Maybe I’m bitter, but his character deserved more. Also, I just wasn’t a fan of the antagonists’ povs. I think it took away from the emotion of their backstories.

notapenguin's review against another edition

4.0

medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Grief, War

Moderate: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Sexual content

readwithria's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

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The Sky Beyond the Storm was the best ending this series could have had.

I was skeptical about this book after Reaper, but once it got started I  couldn’t put it down. The emotional twists and turns, the story, and the characters all added up for this to be an epic conclusion and a beautiful ending for characters that went through so much loss and suffering. But as the series reminded us throughout, “where there is life, there is hope”

Surprise MVP for me was Helene, I looked forward to her chapters and felt her pain and struggles so much. She became the woman her people needed her to be, and that arc was so compelling. Who knew she would become my favorite character?

This book has solidified this series for me, and I will definitely be reading Heir when it comes out. 4.75 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, War

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Racism, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury

mj1588's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

rexpostfacto's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Violence, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism, Slavery, Xenophobia, Blood, Death of parent, Murder

Minor: Child death

theintrovertsbooks's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Abandonment

jackiepreston's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Racism, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content

leah_duxbury's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

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I cannot describe how much this series has meant to me as a reader and this book was the perfect way to wrap it up. This entire series has taken me through a wonderful journey. I loved all the characters through and through. Sabaa Tahir, I LOVE YOU. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Murder, War

booking_along's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Murder, War

water_violin's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

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Whew! What a saga! I don’t think I can really review only this book (it was really just a small part of the entire story), but: it was so good. Heart wrenching. Beautiful. There is so much to love and so much to grieve. The story is gritty and real and doesn’t pull punches. It is full of violence and love and horror and hope. Although the resolution is gorgeous and satisfying, do not start reading this series expecting a happy story. You’ll learn to love so many fascinating, diverse characters and... some of them won’t make it to the end. Overall, these books are heavy, but beautifully written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder

Minor: Child death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual content, Xenophobia