Reviews tagging 'Death'

El Bosque de las Mil Linternas by Julie C. Dao

11 reviews

isabelle8794's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Classism

Minor: Animal death

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Misogyny, Sexism, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Incest, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicide, Excrement, Vomit, Death of parent, and War

xx_coco's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Pregnancy

aruktai's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

A well written, albeit sometimes drawn out, story about an anti-heroine's rise to power. It was interesting to read from a different point of view and the descent/acceptance into the darkness within.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Blood and Cannibalism

Minor: Toxic relationship

magnusreads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

Xifeng’s descent into madness/evil

 is almost there. The back and forth between love and respect and abuse that Xifeng feels is often visceral. I really enjoyed the plot and didn’t catch of the turns coming at me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Cannibalism, and Murder

themonii22's review against another edition

sad

4.0

Cried.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Child death and Miscarriage

r1vana's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

This book was mindblowing. 
I knew that when I picked up this book, the FMC was a hero meant to be a villain. But never have I expected to hate such character. Some people may call her an “antihero”, but I beg to defi. 
She is someone who has light and dark within her, but as the story goes, darkness is the one who seeks at the end. She will do anything to become the Empress even pulling the former empress down and also leaving a man who loves her dearly.
I am flabbergasted and upset. I have to read the second book asap. I honestly wished the downfall for the FMC, for the first time in my life. I don’t think the author is gonna do that tough.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Blood, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Pregnancy

Gruesome murder description; magic sorcery

booksthatburn's review against another edition

I know this is an anti-hero story, setting her up to be the villain of the sequel, but I detested the main character and just couldn't keep going. Her relationship with Wei feels built on nothing but having been near each other. They have no chemistry and it seems like they barely even talk. I like it when characters have good reasons to try and do a bad thing, but this seemed like she's determined to make terrible decisions in order to live up to what her abuser wants, knowing that Guma was abusive. I don't like any of it and I'm stopping.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny and Sexism

Minor: Ableism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Excrement, Death of parent, and War

klara42's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing

almoore5's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Infertility, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail