Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Six Deaths of the Saint, by Alix E. Harrow

10 reviews

skylar_cr_wolf's review

dark mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

I read it while taking the train to somewhere. And this piece! It’s slightly haunting but extremely Beautiful. And yes, with a capital b! I love how you go through the cycle of the life

Spoiler

from a little girl made to be the Devil to turn out to be the Saint of War. Only to finally understand at the end what’s important!

It’s been very well made and it’s also my first time reading Alix’ writing style. I love it. This is among my favourite books now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: War, Murder, and Injury/injury detail

Minor: Blood and Child death

Spoiler

I am not sure if I can label the relationship between the protagonist and the prince/king as a) slavery, b) toxic relationship or anything because it’s monarchy and the system of monarchy is absolutely strange and just something which feels bot necessarily right, especially when you consider in the time the short story plays

f18's review

dark slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Violence

Moderate: Suicide, Death, and Injury/injury detail

Minor: Blood and Child death

marreadsbooks22's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad fast-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

6 stars

I'm blown away by how magnificent this was.

I spent like 5 days at 80% of this book because I couldn't bring myself to pass the page because I knew it was going to hurt and... I'm not okay now. 

This quote (😭)
"“Rise,” I say, and then I tell her what she has wanted to hear all her life: that someone, somewhere, needs her. That she is not nothing."

I have no words to describe how beautiful and amazing this book was. I'm speechless. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Child death, Suicide, Violence, Murder, War, Gore, and Grief

marleywrites's review

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

5.0

What a well written short story. I previously read The Ten Thousand Doors of January and enjoyed it so I thought I would give this story a try and I’m glad I did. It was powerful, dark, and sad, yet hopeful. This short story made me want to read more by this author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Blood, and War

Moderate: Ableism, Murder, Injury/injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Medical content and Child death

kassidyreads's review

dark sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicide, Death, War, and Child death

jams_reads's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

Do yourself a favour and get into this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Physical abuse, and Child death

readingwithkaitlyn's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Violence, Injury/injury detail, War, Suicide, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism and Child death

Minor: Sexual content

Drowning

tiredcath's review

adventurous emotional reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

”You are not a knife.”

Simply amazed at how Alix E. Harrow managed to build in so much world building, lore, relationships, and emotions in just 30 pages. Absolutely incredible. 

I would beg for this to be longer but there’s something really special about the structure of this story and the limited time we get with these characters and this world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, and Child death

moonytoast's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.75

HOLY SHITTTTT this was so good, very much evoking.... a certain episode of The Haunting of Hill House (if you know, you know)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/injury detail, Death, War, and Violence

Moderate: Gore, Child death, Body horror, and Blood

gay's review

dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Violence

Moderate: Child death