Reviews tagging 'Death'

A World without Princes by Soman Chainani

13 reviews

neko_reads's review against another edition

dnf. i just could not put myself through this, and its kinda sad because I kinda wanted to like it since I used to but no. just no
this book just takes everything the first book worked for (not much) and killed it. the lgbtish relationship? NO we just couldn't be happy with that, there has to be some boy involved
this book just shows the weirdest sexism reversed, homophobic, tasteless book. so the main characters have no character anymore. sophies character is dead, shes just quiet and agatha is TERRIBLE. now her entire world is tedros. Tedros has no character, its terrible.
also the quote "whats a boy? someone who wishes for a girl. whats a girl? someone who wishes for a boy. whats someone who kissed a girl? DEFINITELY A BOY" homophobia if I've ever seen it.
anyway ill shut up about how much I hate this now like IT IS THAT BAD

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Violence, Death, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Death of parent

lakinglaze's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I wanted to really like this book and it had a lot of potential, but I didn’t love it. There are just too many problems, the plot development is lacking, and everything just felt flat and under developed. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Death of parent, Violence, Torture, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Grief, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, and Confinement

hayleythegoose's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Homophobia, Sexism, Transphobia, Slavery, Gaslighting, Fatphobia, Misogyny, and Torture

Moderate: Death, War, and Violence

Minor: Abandonment, Blood, Confinement, and Death of parent

ashleylowry's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Violence, Bullying, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Child death, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Emotional abuse, Death, Gaslighting, and Murder

booktrovertreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Violence, and Murder

carmineslamp's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

AHHHHHHHHH. I feel like this is such good middle grade fantasy. I'm in college and I still find myself riveted by it. I loved some of the twists and squinted at others, but eh, what do you expect.

WHY WERE TEDROS AND FILIP SO GAY FOR EACH OTHER??? THOSE ARE TWO HOMOSEXUALS. BRUH. BRUH. AND TRISTAN??? BRO, SHIT R U I N E D ME

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Death and Gaslighting

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Torture

Sexism in reference to the girls calling the boys born slaves and the boys just fucking hating women, I guess.

also i'm calling what sophie and rafal have going on an adult minor relationship because i know some people are uncomfortable with that. it's just immortal man getting with 16 year old girl, so take your opinions into account

xandra_evelyn's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

So even though I enjoyed this more than the first book, I'm rating it lower. 

Pros: pacing and end were much better than the first book

Cons: the animosity between the genders is horrible. I know toxic masculinity wasn't a word back then, but this shows the awfulness of it without having the characters realize how awful it is.  I also hate how these characters go through horrific things and have ZERO PTSD. The cruelty is awful and sad, and I don't think anyone actually treats people that way - and if they do, then toxic masculinity has been destroying people for so long, we no longer care that it's put into a children's book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture and Death

Torture: tedros is beaten, and although it doesnt go into the details, it goes into his state of mind before and after and it's heartbreaking

jaidlyn_7's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Slavery, Homophobia, Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Death

just_klaudia's review against another edition

adventurous funny slow-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia and Death

calamitywindpetal's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Sexism

Minor: Homophobia and Transphobia