Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Unravel the Dusk by Elizabeth Lim

9 reviews

chaptersofamylea's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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

3.0

“I will stay by your side until the fire in the sun grows cold and the light in the moon is no more. Until time blots out the stars."

3 ⭐️

Elizabeth Lim’s storytelling will never not have me in awe. Beautiful settings, the magic and romance are all just gorgeous. While I enjoyed the high stakes of this book a lot, I just didn’t enjoy it as much as Spin the Dawn or Six Crimson Cranes (which I LOVED the references to in this one). 

There was a scene towards the end that had me crying in the bath so theres that. 

TWs: War themes, detailed depiction of violence and gore, death of family members

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Violence and Gore

Minor: Death of parent

taryn_g's review against another edition

adventurous 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Blood, and Violence

Minor: Animal death and Death of parent

jesthemess's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Sexism, Misogyny, and Death

Minor: Sexual content and Death of parent

onemamareads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? Yes

3.75

Read my full review here: https://onemamassummer.weebly.com/book-reviews/unravel-the-dusk

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Misogyny

beyondapage's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Gore, Grief, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent and Slavery

matheo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Body horror, Death, Gore, Animal death, Blood, Colonisation, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and War

Moderate: Misogyny and Sexism

emmaowens's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Moderate: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, and War

Minor: Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexism

mengzhenreads's review against another edition

adventurous medium-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

2.0

Honestly, I didn't care about any of the characters in this book. The only character that had some potential was Lady Sarnai but she ended up not doing anything either so overall I just found this book to be super disappointing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: War and Grief

Minor: Death of parent

plumpaperbacks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense 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? Yes

5.0

Spin the Dawn was one of my favorite reads of 2020, so I’ve been quite eager to read the sequel for some time now, especially after the first book’s ending. Unravel the Dusk was as brilliant as I’d hoped it would be, every bit as magical and thrilling as its predecessor, though much more nerve-wracking. It was also a very quick read; I sped through it in just a few hours, and finished it at about three in the morning.

Maia and Edan are definitely among my all-time favorite characters. Both are so well-written and three-dimensional. I love Maia’s determination and Edan’s poetic sweetness. The two of them are also an adorable couple that I had no problem rooting for from the very beginning.

Now that I’ve found you again, Maia, I will never leave you. I will stay by your side until the fire in the sun grows cold and the light in the moon is no more. Until time blots out the stars.

How could you not swoon over a relationship where one character talks to the other like that?! Relationship goals. Infinite heart eyes.

To be honest, Lim did a phenomenal job with every aspect of this sequel. Each side character is developed as well as the protagonists, and she built upon the already-rich world she set up in the first book. The mythology is fascinating. Everything—settings, outfits, food—is described beautifully, leaving little to the imagination and making it delightfully easy to imagine things as you read.

The Blood of Stars duology is wonderful and whimsical, and tragically underrated. These books are some of my absolute favorites, and Lim is one of my new favorite authors. I’ll be recommending these at every opportunity, and eagerly awaiting her next book.

Representation

• entirely Asian/POC cast
• gay minor side character
• minor side character that uses a cane

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Misogyny and Torture

Also contains scenes of war.