Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

258 reviews

rchulin1'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Classism, Child death, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Grief, Miscarriage, Violence, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

bookshelfhannah's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Violence, War, Miscarriage, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

nabecker13's review against another edition

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Torture, Incest, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Death, Kidnapping, Colonisation, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Violence, Religious bigotry, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Body horror, Confinement, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, War, and Xenophobia

_marycappiello3's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

My first high fantasy book and I loved it :) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, War, Animal cruelty, Torture, Blood, Child death, Religious bigotry, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, and Violence

allymiranda's review against another edition

adventurous fast-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

I have been yearning for a book like this my entire life. I need MORE!!! The characters felt so strong, and the imagery is so vivid. I want to live in these lands and be with these beautiful ladies fighting dragons (and loving dragons!). The only character I could never get behind was Roos -- I wanted to just skip his chapters. I didn't empathize with him and saw him as just a way to move certain plot points along. I almost wish I cared about him more, but he kept making such bad choices! But the Sabran and Ead chapters, I will be re-reading until the end of time. If the Great Kwiriki loves me this will become a movie and there will be more of Sabran and Ead!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, War, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Miscarriage, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Minor: Alcoholism

The only animal cruelty is dragons and (very minor) horses.

silver_violet's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

4.25

I won't lie - the first hundred or so pages can be a slog to get through, mostly due to dense world building. I'm glad I stuck with it because this is a beautifully written book filled with true high fantasy elements. Dragons, magic, court drama, and political/religious struggles fill these pages. 

The equality between genders was refreshing with the majority of the main characters being (strong, fierce) women, and at times surprising with there never being a doubt from any character that a woman can rule/fight/be on equal standing with men, especially in a medieval-esque setting. That same level of acceptance and normalcy with feminism extends to the beautiful LGBTQIA+ relationships.

I've read some reviews likening this to LOTR, which i can somewhat agree with for the epic feel and the characters' journeys to save their world. I'd argue that this could/should have been a duology or trilogy but still very much enjoyed this story! Don't let this behemoth daunt you - it's worth the read!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Miscarriage, Violence, Blood, Death, and Infertility

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Death, Pregnancy, and Torture

achay91's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Classism, Body horror, Pandemic/Epidemic, Injury/Injury detail, War, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Death of parent, Gore, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Child death, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

chronicacademia's review against another edition

adventurous tense slow-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Stalking, Animal death, Ableism, Death, Grief, Blood, Gore, Pregnancy, Infertility, Miscarriage, Torture, Violence, and War

crystalunvrs's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Xenophobia, War, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Body horror, Blood, Slavery, Murder, Miscarriage, Grief, Death of parent, Colonisation, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

volsungreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, War, Ableism, Blood, Mental illness, Xenophobia, Addiction, Infertility, Alcoholism, and Death of parent

Moderate: Abortion