Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

47 reviews

mgondwe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Murder, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Infertility, Grief, and Pregnancy

sammiebauer's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

this story has many povs and deals with many sides of the same conflict. this leads to a very fleshed out story that is driven by the heart and love of the three main characters, young women who are each navigating at different levels of class. speaking of class and money, those are huge themes in this novel, and i think the theme of class in particular is super well written. every character has their own personal life story and experience, and being able to read from so many different perspectives gave this story an all-encompassing feeling that draws you in completely. my critique of this story is that while the characters are all very well written and interesting, the problem lies in the way that the story ends with what is essentially wish-fulfillment. it caused me to take the story much less seriously than i had previously, unfortunately. however, i would still highly recommend this story if you enjoy fairy tales.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Antisemitism, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Sexual assault

aharrison_33's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful medium-paced

• 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

Absolutely loved this book! Strong character development all around with rich characters from beginning to end. Will be reading more of her books 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent

bunnypunk's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book could have ended at multiple points and been a good book, but it just kept going and going until it was a GREAT book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Religious bigotry, and Classism

Minor: Child death, Rape, and Torture

macliffe's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

4.75

I very much enjoyed the writing of this book, how it was so creative on both a macro and a micro scale. I always wanted to pick it up again. My only nitpicks were the constant switching of POVs, and how horrible most of the men were.  But there was a lot more to those characters that you see by the end, so that ended up being better than I initially expected. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Moderate: Confinement, Racism, Sexual assault, Torture, Antisemitism, Grief, Murder, and War

Minor: Sexual content and Violence

carlithian's review against another edition

dark inspiring mysterious medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Blood, Antisemitism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Torture, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, and War

erikagibson126's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Classism

irinalast's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring tense medium-paced

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

5.0

An interesting and complicated world is created through several perspectives; setting is established through ‘show don’t tell.’ Great writing that establishes realistic character feelings and dialogue.  

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

nafsaila's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

I've yet to not enjoy a Naomi Novik novel. The variety of characters and the depth shown from so many of them I think it was most drew me to this story. Miryem, the child of a moneylender, gains a reputations for turning silver to gold, and after the Staryk king hears of it, Miryem's fate is shifted. When beginning to read it I thought that would be the end of the story if Miryem was able to "produce" the promised gold, however the interweaving of other complex storylines really kept this one going. I listened to the audio version so occasionally I stumbled in understanding exactly which character I was following, but I didn't find that to be a deterrent for me. Would highly suggest for fans of fantasy.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual assault and Kidnapping

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child death, Emotional abuse, Torture, and Antisemitism

kurumipanda's review

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Rape, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Blood, and Classism