Reviews tagging 'Death'

Fable by Adrienne Young

58 reviews

juliesleseecke's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

espurrr's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.5

Fable is full of vivid, gorgeous imagery. I found the characters endearing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

kbowles24's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Abandonment

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

midnightstory'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

4.25

this was so much fun omg

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Blood, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

lauwbinx's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful tense 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? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

callistag1's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, and Abandonment

Minor: Torture, Blood, and Death of parent

romamoody's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

micaelamariem's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

While I enjoyed this book, it really wasn’t what I was expecting. 
Fable is a story about a girl abandoned by her essentially pirate father and made to figure out how to join a ship crew on her own.
I definitely thought there would be more pirates and swashbuckling. Or at least less descriptions of how to rig a ship and climb a mast and whatnot. Those scenes really bored me and it got to the point where I didn’t care about the major plot points because I don’t care about ships and trading.
What I did like about the book was the complex characters, the slow burn complicated romance, the found family trope, and the themes of grief woven intricately throughout. 
So overall, I liked the book and probably will continue the series, but I didn’t love it and am not in a rush to read Namesake. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Child death and Sexual content

tbwhite23's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol

filipacmiranda's review against another edition

3.25

When I picked up Fable, I was excited to read a book with pirates and a revenge plot. Despite hearing many good things about it (and enjoying it myself), the plot did not convince me fully. 

Both the main character and the ship's crew were likeable enough. It was easy to empathise with Fable's story and understand her desire for retaliation. However, I constantly felt like the story was missing depth. Everything seemed to either happen too fast or take forever. 

Young's writing is simple and easy to read, but the narrative could have benefited from a more descriptive style - particularly when the crew set foot in new places. Additionally, I found the tropes to be a little too predictable, which took away from the plot twists' surprise factor. 

Despite the first instalment’s shortcomings, the ending captured my attention and I have added Namesake to my TBR. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Abandonment