Reviews tagging 'Grief'

La quinta stagione by N.K. Jemisin

231 reviews

infinite_finite's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, and Pregnancy

kstrammel's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Medical content, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Cannibalism

Minor: Vomit

chasinggrace's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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

5.0

An adult dystopian masterpiece like no other. The main character’s development is immaculate. 

I loved how Syen was a unique view into motherhood, and how Essun looked at motherhood so differently that it’s almost unbelievable that they are the same person.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

imjumokay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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

Best fantasy book I've ever read. I understand the reviews now. Everything lead to its inevitable end. We should really figure out climate change.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Blood and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Transphobia, Vomit, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Dysphoria

tasig's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

Very slow in the beginning but really picks up at the end and makes all the bits at the beginning click. Brilliant. Very cool world building. Can’t wait to read the next book 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Racism, Sexual violence, Violence, War, and Classism

spellbindingtomes's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and War

lahars_little_library's review against another edition

• 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy

ceridwen33's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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

3.5

This book is beautifully executed from a craft perspective, it was just so dark and depressing that I cried multiple times. I did decide to continue the series, but it was a brutal book to push through during a pandemic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Violence, Grief, and Abandonment

zasobel's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-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: Child abuse, Child death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual content, and Grief

dkamada's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny inspiring mysterious fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Loved having a two person book club for this with Meghan, so many good reveals!

Marked that there are moderate racial slurs, but it depends if you are looking to avoid specific racial slurs used in our world vs the concept of people using racial slurs if that makes sense. I.e. there are racial slurs specific to this book that are used frequently

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Animal death, Child death, and Cannibalism