Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake

2 reviews

thejadylady's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I usually read books in the first person in this one is third person omniscient, so that was a little challenging for me 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Infidelity, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death and Body horror

Minor: Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Vomit, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

the animal deaths bothered me but they were shortly mentioned

claragweny's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

An interesting, though poorly described, world and a very compelling ending. I'll probably continue reading the series but I hope that Blake builds the world around them some more in the other books. 

I can't really recommend reading this without going through all the content warnings. It is very triggering in many, many ways.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Abandonment, and War