Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent

56 reviews

linnybear's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape and Torture

rachel_jones03's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

moon2001's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and War

samchase112's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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

4.0

Solid romantasy that had me turning the pages and eager to read the sequel. I don’t think this one will stick with me for years — Oraya and Raihn aren’t at Mortal Instruments levels (my og romantasy love) for me, and I just really don’t love first person — but this was such a good time! And who doesn’t love a lot of fun, a brutally violent competition, and some intriguing world-building :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, and Torture

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Slavery

tguccione's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Child death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Self harm, and Kidnapping

liaantje's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I read this together with my sister in law, we had so much fun, the writing is awesome, and we've already ordered the second book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Cannibalism, and Alcohol

aliceloyallaleon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

xtsukix's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

5.0

This book made me ugly cry. I loved every single part of this, although sometimes with equal hatred towards the end. Super curious how the sequel is going to play out with this dynamic!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and War

Moderate: Gore, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Child death

selestre's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Alcohol

darlingmoira's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I genuinely just loved reading this book. I would agree with others that the first half is much slower than the second but I think it was completely necessary for the world building and understand the characters. I loved the characters and that they are not just strictly “good” or “bad”. The amount of gore was perfect for me because it was descriptive enough to fully grasp the intensity of the situations. I loved the different relationships, the description of the gods, and so much more. I’m writing this at midnight after finish the book so it’s a bit of a mess but I really enjoyed this book and if you read the description and think it’ll be a great read for you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, and Torture