Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien

5 reviews

aisabel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Animal death, Death of parent, War, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Stalking, Kidnapping, Genocide, Toxic relationship, Incest, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Confinement

Minor: Colonisation, Torture, Suicide, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Child death, Self harm, Pregnancy, Gore, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Blood, Child abuse, Slavery, Rape, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Incest

chickentenderness's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

My forever fave. Grief is ever present but hope is eternal. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Death, Genocide, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Death of parent, Sexual violence, War, Incest, Abandonment, Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

erynlasbelin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Colonisation, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Grief, Incest, Murder, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, and Xenophobia

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Dementia, and Pregnancy

novelyon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Spoiler

idk if the gods trapped MY boyfriend outside the world i'd ruin their day too. sauron did nothing wrong...besides getting into a toxic relationship 😔

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Incest, Kidnapping, Murder, Suicide, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Pregnancy, Rape, and Slavery

aconfundityofcrows's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative slow-paced

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

5.0

I don’t really know how to rate this other than as an indication that it is a masterpiece in world building that many fantasy authors have since been inspired by and attempted to emulate. As well there is still so much that has been clearly left out or at least gives that impression, especially in the Akallabeth. For those who have read Lord of the Rings the story of the series is summed up in just under two pages (and it definitely doesn’t replace actually reading the trilogy).

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Xenophobia, and Murder