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hedyharper's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail
star_charter152's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, and Injury/Injury detail
abby_can_read's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
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This was a cute book. It was a good like palette cleanser. I adore this characters and their relationships. I love reading about the relationship between the five dragonets. The pacing was good and the plot kept me interested, though it was a little predictable.
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Body shaming, Confinement, and Abandonment
stories's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Unpacking Rainwing culture. Lots of questions around morality, social responsibility, what it means to be part of a community and another angle on the question of belonging from Glory: a dragon who has grown up believing she doesn’t belong with the Dragonets of Prophecy, either.
Some fun mysterious and magical antics, Nightwings begin to play a larger role, and I’m loving how differently each dragonet’s experience of “their tribe” is turning out to be.
Bonus: blind dragon! And pretty well handled imo. Minor character.
The question of who will win the war and how just got interesting!
Moderate: Violence and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Confinement, Blood, and Abandonment
kristyderp's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail
wolfiegrrrl's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I sure hope Tui T. Sutherland is trying to say that, even if a group of people look or act one way on the surface and the bigotry seems to be based in something observably present (like RainWing "laziness"), it doesn't mean that's all there is to them or that they should be treated as lesser beings just because they live different lives than you do. After all, it's counterproductive misrepresentation to boil down an entire community to a few shallow features. But the explanation given for how racism against RainWings became so widespread disappointingly lends itself to a much more insidious reading of this book that unfortunately feeds more into racism than attempts to discourage it, so I'm personally torn. It's obvious we don't yet have the full story and sympathy is definitely on the side of the RainWings (for the most part), so my fingers are crossed for some improvement on the treatment of this subject as the series continues.
Otherwise, Glory gets a nice character arc where she finally carves out a place for herself in her own destiny. Her personal journey runs parallel to and branches off Tsunami's, likely due to the fact that they were always butting heads on the topic of leadership, so it was nice to see her come to terms with the idea that depending on others for help is okay.
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Racism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Vomit, Death of parent, Colonisation, and War
Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Abandonment
orchidlilly'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
Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Vomit, and Colonisation
mxlewife's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Confinement