Reviews tagging 'Death'

Lightlark by Alex Aster

60 reviews

avialaeleigh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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

Okay this book was a fucking Rollercoaster. Several of the fucking foreshadowing's were a little obvious, not completely but they were noticeable. Not to the point were I knew everything that was going to be reveled. 

Though I did fucking call that she had powers and just didn't know how to fucking use them. I also knew that she knew Grim somehow, just not in what context. I can't believe that douchebag was working with Celeste/Aurora. Why didn't he just tell Isla maybe they could have figured something better out then the plan that Celeste had, especially when she cast the curses in the first place. 

Also, I really hope that even with Grim pulling all the shit he did and hiding everything from her and removing Isla's memories, I still hope that they end up together. I think that all of their interactions together are so good. They remind me a lot of Feyre and Rhysand or even Aelin and Rowan.

I'm not really sure what the next two books could be about cause I feel like the book is fairly wrapped up, at least from the standpoint of the curses being broken. Guess we shall find out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

sh543's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Dysphoria

nicoleolander's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

espurrr's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

I found the premise and the world building to be underdeveloped and honestly a bit silly. This author loves sentence fragments and frequently uses the em dash, so the writing feels choppy and unrefined. The mystery is engaging and the twists are fun. I also found the characters enjoyable. I'll probably continue on with the second book for an easy, light read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

lilo000's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and War

literarymary95's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

3.5

This came highly recommended by a good friend who is also a big reader. It wasn't as good as she said it was and I came in with very few expectations. The first 200 pages (or first 65% of the book) felt very repetitive and made it hard to be engaged with the story. The last 100 pages (or 35% of the book) felt a lot less repetitive and action was really happening. I also only felt like I started becoming invested in the characters in the last 50 pages, which is not typical of me.  All of this is why I chose a 3.75 because the last 100 pages redeemed this from becoming a mid-level review. 

I hope Nightbane continues with the momentum that was finally created in the last 100 pages of Lightlark.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Vomit, Cannibalism, and Fire/Fire injury

jennagrant's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Blood, and Cannibalism

chaptermaggot'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Cannibalism, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

brieoqueijo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

This was a very happy surprise, I was expecting a 3.0 stars at most, and maybe even a rant review, but this was really fun!! 


!!!!!!SPOILERS AHEAD!!!!!!


!!!!!I MEAN IT!!!!!!

Ok, so here are my critiques: 

At the beginning I was kinda hating Grim, he was acting kinda creepy and it wasn’t sexy, just creepy

Isla was so dumb at the beginning, she literally almost died twice cause tripped????? Like girl you’re a warrior and can’t even stay standing up? Get a grip 

BUT as the book went on I started really liking both her and grim, and I was thinking to myself like damn how I am supposed to ship her with oro? Cause he’s always acting like he has a stick you know where. But then he was just ✨oro✨ and we love him for it

I enjoyed the plot twists at the end (all hundreds of them), I definitely wasn’t expecting for grim and isla having a history before the games, I really thought it was just that old insta love shite

I could see celeste being evil from like a mile away, but it still was done nicely, and I think it was a great ending to the curse to kill that whoe

THE WAY I THOUGHT SHE WAS GONNA TELL ISLA GRIM WAS HER ACTUAL FATHER I ALMOST DIED IM SO GLAD MS ALEX ASTER DIDNT GO FULL ALABAMA OUT OF NOWHERE 

And finally, I got kind confused at the end about how is oros and islas relationship right now, cause it kinda felt like “x months later” but they don’t seem very intimate?? I hope we haven’t lost their first kiss cause I wanted to read all that yearning 

And finally, I’m still kinda devided between both love interests but grims last sentence of “remember us and than you’ll come back to me” kinda gave me the ick idk

That’s it, will be starting book #2 right now xoxo

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Cannibalism, Murder, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Colonisation, and War

catlover_booklover2010's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad tense 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? No

5.0

So far I really like this author and can't wait to read more of her books in the series. I really enjoyed this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

Minor: Death and Blood

At the end of the book there is a Major make out scene.