Reviews tagging 'Death'

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

36 reviews

roseamongstories's review

dark mysterious tense 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

5.0

This book deserves all the stars and a very expansive readership!!!

With how this book took me on a wild trip in such a short amount of pages (read: 30 pages), looks like I need to get my hands on the rest of Alix Barrow's works, and I am hyped!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, and Death

shadowspinner's review

dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Violence

flylikajet's review

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Emotional abuse

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

bookishwondergoth's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

5.0

This Joan of Arc-inspired (I can only assume) short story is absolutely superb. The amount of depth, intrigue, characterisation and emotion that Alix E. Harrow packs into just 30 pages is nothing short of astounding. Beautifully written, full of quotable hard-hitting lines, I cannot recommend this enough.

I've seen a few people in their reviews say they wish this had been a full-length novel. I find that I do also wish this, but I also wonder, "Would it have hit so hard if it wasn't so short?" The answer, I think, is no. The fact this is a short story is what makes its power so astonishing.

Read it once through to experience it for the first time. Then read it again to fully understand it. It is excellent. I loved this story and will definitely be reading more of Alix E. Harrow's work in the future.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and War

Minor: Sexual content, Gore, Injury/injury detail, Blood, and Suicide

There are repeated instances of drowning. Two characters repeatedly emotionally manipulate another character to carry out their wishes.

maybephasing's review

dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Death, and Violence

akirokis's review

dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

lakshmimkalarikkal's review

dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

thewordsdevourer's review

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

3.25

time loop stories are always a bit of a mindfvck for me, and the six deaths of the saint is no different. what differentiates this one, however, is how short and concise it is, yet it still packs quite an emotional punch. the saint and gwynne's story also ends up being surprisingly touching towards the end, and the former's character development - albeit over centuries - is great. the externalities arent overly highlighted as the story's so focused on the saint's inner life, but it's def an interesting one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

Moderate: Suicide, War, Injury/injury detail, and Murder

Minor: Emotional abuse

sa_reads's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, and Toxic relationship