Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'
Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality by Roshani Chokshi
7 reviews
f18's review
adventurous
funny
inspiring
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? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent
Moderate: War and Violence
Minor: Sexism
memory alteringdanielle_isreading's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
tense
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? Yes
5.0
All hail Roshani Chokshi!
What a perfect ending to this series. I have absolutely adored Aru and her Pandava sisters and their journeys. The amount of sheer action Chokshi inputs into this book is incredible. But the action is absolutely overpowered by the emotion.
I’m so sad to be leaving the Pandava world.
What a perfect ending to this series. I have absolutely adored Aru and her Pandava sisters and their journeys. The amount of sheer action Chokshi inputs into this book is incredible. But the action is absolutely overpowered by the emotion.
I’m so sad to be leaving the Pandava world.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent
dandelionsteph's review
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: War, Death, Violence, Murder, Death of parent, and Kidnapping
scrubsandbooks's review
adventurous
funny
hopeful
inspiring
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
This was an amazing conclusion to a series that brought joy to Past Me, the Me who had no rep for her middle grade self at all and tried to make do with just Jasmine from Disney's Aladdin. My love for these characters knows no bounds. I'm going to miss them all and hope so hard that Chokshi will eventually bring us back to these characters, maybe tell us how they're doing later on in their life.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, War, and Grief
erin_mh362's review
4.0
I love this series and I can’t believe it’s over
This series was so fun and I just love how it has a writing style similar to Percy Jackson while also being unique
Aru and the Potatoes are amazing and wonderful and their relationship is so fun
Also the way Kara was kind of just brushed away and made to forget the entire events of the last two books felt a tiny bit like a rushed decision in my opinion, I’m glad she’s able to be happy and not be roped into any more destiny stuff but it was kind of sad how she didn’t want to go and the gods were like “sorry 🤷♀️ “
Anyway I’m sad this series is over but it was so fun to read and I’m really happy I decided to read it :)
Last note: this is my favorite cover of all the books, and the covers just got prettier every time a new book was released
Spoiler
but I also can’t believe that it took FOUR BOOKS for Aru and Aiden to get together (though it had me kicking my feet and giggling when they started being couple-y so I think it was worth it)This series was so fun and I just love how it has a writing style similar to Percy Jackson while also being unique
Aru and the Potatoes are amazing and wonderful and their relationship is so fun
Spoiler
I do wish that Aru getting back Vajra was more like the way Mini and Brynne got their weapons back (I know Aru’s test was like “hey you need to believe in yourself and realize you’re great and you can do anything” but after Brynne fighting an immortal bear and Mini taming a nightmare horse and fighting off a sleep giant, Aru’s test just felt a bit anticlimactic in terms of what she had to do yaknow?)Also the way Kara was kind of just brushed away and made to forget the entire events of the last two books felt a tiny bit like a rushed decision in my opinion, I’m glad she’s able to be happy and not be roped into any more destiny stuff but it was kind of sad how she didn’t want to go and the gods were like “sorry 🤷♀️ “
Anyway I’m sad this series is over but it was so fun to read and I’m really happy I decided to read it :)
Last note: this is my favorite cover of all the books, and the covers just got prettier every time a new book was released
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent
Moderate: War and Death
Minor: Kidnapping
antonique_reads's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
inspiring
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? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent
pelevolcana's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
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? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent
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