Reviews tagging 'Death'

Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor

55 reviews

heartofoak1's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

Dark themes, violence, rape, drugs. Hard to stomach. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, and Classism

ionarachel's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment

faehistory's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

A decent enough story and very well written but ultimately not terribly unique story if I'm being honest. Especially disappointing was the character of Neda feels particuarly wasted and her narrative feels like it simply stops abruptly with no resolution or message. It's not a bad story by any means it just didn't feel massively new. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Abortion

befnie's review against another edition

I was so shocked when I found out this book was written by a woman, the voice made me convinced it was a white man. 

The story is boring, despite the violence. The characters are 2D, despite the extensive backstory. And the book itself required way more editing, the tense switches mid sentence and the prose are weak. 

The only parts of the book that are vivid are the instances of extreme violence, all exclusively visited upon women and children.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug use, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, and Death of parent

natekka's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Abortion, and Death of parent

Minor: Colonisation

casualvamp's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.5

Deepti Kapoor is an immensely talented author, and this book is exceptionally well-written. From reading the synopsis, it’s not a book I would typically read, but I thought I would enjoy it much more than I did. It took me a really long time to finish because it's very lengthy and disorganized. The switches between POVs were jarring and got confusing in the second half, which made the storyline hard to follow. I found the vast majority of the characters unbearable (except for Ajay), so it was hard to be invested in the story. Ajay's POV had me absolutely enthralled, but once it switched over to Neda's and Sunny's POV, I was barely trudging through it. I almost had to put this book down several times due to its incredibly dark themes and GRAPHIC depictions of violence, which made me genuinely naseous. I felt that for the majority of the book, I was either almost asleep out of sheer boredom or incredibly disturbed by all of the unnecessary violence.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

himpersonal's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.5

Sounded like it should’ve been a really good book. In reality, there were parts that were good, but most of it was disappointing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

ttatt's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

classysmarta's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Drug abuse

madoo1182's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Blood, and Murder