Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

The Kingdom of Gods by N.K. Jemisin

3 reviews

chrisljm's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

This was sad afffffff wtffffffffff. 

I love Sieh as a character and so I’m not sure if I’m more satisfied or left feeling unfulfilled with what happens to him (maybe a combination of the two). That also sums up how I feel about this story as a whole. I was pleasantly surprised by the ending and short story and the small sense of closure it brings, but due to its brevity I’m left wanting more but also stuck with the feeling that maybe what we saw was just enough. 

I did come to really love Deka as a character (he’s so sweet) in the short amount of time we saw him and I wish he was more present throughout the novel. I anticipated him to have a much larger role, especially with the magic that he had, and so what we saw of him felt very unfulfilling. I think the book could’ve benefited with more focus on Sieh, Shahar, and Deka and the strength of their bond.

While I wouldn’t mark this story as a romance, I did truly love seeing the relationship between Sieh and Deka and, again, I wish what we saw of them together wasn’t so brief.

 

Not the best book out of the trilogy, and I’m still unsure of my exact feelings after writing this review, but the story was still engrossing. I just believe that it would’ve been a much stronger novel if we saw more from the characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Genocide, Incest, Rape, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Pedophilia, Sexual content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

chaoticnostalgia's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Incest, Slavery, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, and War

Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

anxiousnachos's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

5.0

I love this series so much, it’s the kind of series I am immediately going to have to go search for fanfic for so I can inhale more content with these incredible characters. It was really fantastic to get more insight into Sieh’s character, I particularly love all his scenes with Itempas, they are truly wonderful and raw and painful. Their relationship is probably my favourite from the whole series, after Yeine/Naha. Brilliant series!

Content warnings: violence, blood, incest (kind of, among the gods), pedophilia (past, mentioned), child sexual abuse (past, mentioned), rape (past, mentioned), underage sex, suicidal ideation, burning to death

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts