Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Brotherhood by Mike Chen

6 reviews

philosopher_kj's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Grief, and War

Moderate: Death of parent and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Medical content

jessiesnoww's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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

4.75

This is a great Star Wars novel filling in some of the gaps between episode 2 and the start of the Clone Wars TV show. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, and Death of parent

Minor: Racial slurs, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

hdkroon's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Hate crime

jenny_librarian's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.75

Anakin is my weak spot in everything Star Wars, so of course I was going to read this book. And let me tell you, I wasn’t disappointed.

I absolutely love the metaphor of Anakin as the sun-dragon. It represents him so well. He burns bright enough to send the entire galaxy aflame, and this book is a great example.

His quiets moments with Padmé also had me swooning. I love those two together so much and it was very satisfying to have a bit of a window into their secret stolen moments.

I wasn’t sure about the inclusion of Mill, especially since Ahsoka is supposed to be Anakin’s first experience as a big brother/Master, but he felt more like a father figure with Mill. It felt a bit like watching how he would have been with Leia, if he’d had the chance to see her grow up.

The writing isn’t perfect, and there are a few inconsistencies (like Obi-Wan being able to undo his restraint?!) but I really liked it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and War

Moderate: Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Slavery

jazhandz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-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

4.25

I’m a huge fan of Mike Chen, and of prequel era Star Wars, so I’ve been unbelievably hyped about this book since it was announced. This is everything I wanted it to be.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Gun violence and Violence

Minor: Grief

In the vein of the mass shooting content warning, the central incident of this book is a terrorist attack, with a lot of discussion of the consequences and the deceased.

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Xenophobia, and Injury/Injury detail