Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard

16 reviews

aaliyah_bilky's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

sweetchocolatez's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Child death, Gore, and Death of parent

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

ladybug12793's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-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? Yes

4.0

I really enjoyed this book. It was good in a way that made me hate some of the main  characters but that’s what made it more realistic. I’m tired of heroines and heroes being displayed as absolutely perfect. They are literally murdering people. This is a 17-year-old child pushed into horrible circumstances. How do people expect she should act? Did some of her actions and others annoy me to no end? Yes, but that makes it more like real life. She’s a child just trying to save people while navigating or, more accurately, avoiding her trauma. 

0 🌶️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gun violence, Hate crime, Police brutality, and War

Minor: Forced institutionalization

aammeess's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Confinement, Slavery, Torture, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexual content, Vomit, and Pregnancy

eszablya's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Murder

khucc's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad medium-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Minor: Cursing

julienicole1106's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

stitchof's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and War

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

micaelamariem's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I absolutely loved finally diving back into this world and seeing how Mare’s journey progresses. I’m always a sucker for YA fantasy and dystopians, so I probably will always rate them highly, but I didn’t want to stop reading this. Lately, though I’ve always loved a redemption arc, I’ve been loving the exploration of when it’s okay to do some morally gray things and when do we turn into monsters if that’s who we’re trying to defeat? Mare’s grip on her own morality and her learning to love and trust again are the biggest themes of this book. I loved meeting new characters and getting more depth in the old ones. I didn’t like Cal in the first book, but now I’m in love! And I don’t hate Kilorn anymore. And I have a deeper understanding of Farley. Though there may be animosity between characters, I’m sensing some found family vibes coming and I am so here for it. Though the ending was such a disheartening cliffhanger, that I’m almost scared to start the next book! (Good thing I don’t have it yet I guess eh?) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Animal death, Slavery, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

jadehusdanhicks's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

2.0

Antisemitic - had a part v reminiscent of the tattoos that Jews were forced to have and that character had just escaped from a prison where the “reds” and “silvers” are segregated.  

Also used an ableist slur.  I will not expand further. 

Disgusting to see and a shame as I enjoyed the general story just for it to be ruined by such acts by the author 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail