Reviews tagging 'Grief'

A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab

45 reviews

alysereadsbooks's review

adventurous dark 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? Yes

3.5

Listened to the audiobook and throughly enjoyed it. The author knows how to create a thoroughly hateable villain. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Grief, Gore, Violence, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Sexual assault

kathrynok's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Murder, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Self harm, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

msradiosilence's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Torture, Classism, Death of parent, Blood, Cursing, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Alcohol, Body horror, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: War

Minor: Pregnancy and Sexual content

takarakei's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.5

The best of the series for sure! A strong conclusion to the trio. The characters are still the best part so this book being a convergence of a lot of the characters plot wise made it so fun to read. The world has and always will be fascinating to read about. The villain was good, but a bit repetitive. Audio narrators for book 2 and 3 are good. 

Schwab is so fucking smart, leaving the story with Anoshe :')

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Self harm and Suicide

donatio's review

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring 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

5.0

This one was long. Like the other two before this was a reread, although I had less memory of how they actually get rid of Osaron. 
Sometimes the book felt a bit too long, especially the first hundred pages or so but that does not take much from Schwab's writing style, it is just easy to forget that the scene cover barely a week and not, say, two. 
On the other hand there are some things I forgot that had me shocked when I remembered. 

Spoiler

I do wish we would have known what happened with Kelly's parents.

Every plotline had a logical and satisfying ending. 
Recommend for being one of my favourite series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Body horror, Gore, Grief, Murder, Confinement, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Torture, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content

purplepenning's review

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Death, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Murder, Physical abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Grief, Self harm, Slavery, Alcohol, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, and Classism

Minor: Sexual content

guessgreenleaf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Blood, Sexual content, Homophobia, Death, and Grief

rdmoreland0801's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

Such a fitting end to this story.  The world was saved, but not without surmountable loss.

I wish these characters did not have to suffer so much to get the endings they deserved, but it made this story that much more beautiful.

We got magic, friendships, family, and love - but not without betrayal, death, torture, and suffering.

Kell and Lila sail off into the sunset, while Rhy and Alucard spend their time loving each other at the palace.  None of them thought they would end up where they did, but they all absolutely deserved it.

V.E. Schwab has a gift for making you fall in love with the characters and with the world in her stories.  I’m sad for this ending, but I know we will return to this world soon with her new series.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Death

iamkiaraayleen's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol, Grief, Self harm, and Torture

Minor: War and Abandonment

wanderonwards's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny sad slow-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

4.0

I love this series, these characters, and Schwab's writing but

Spoiler

I didn't care for the sheer number of character deaths. For almost all of them I found myself asking "Was this really necessary? There was no way to write yourself out of this?"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Death, Torture, and Violence