Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig

9 reviews

chanlo1994's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

Again, the prose in this book is stunning. So much lovely poetry and creative writing. Rachel Gillig is a beautiful writer.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Child death, Infidelity, and Vomit

isabelleroyall's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Gore, Self harm, Sexism, Torture, and Vomit

Minor: Cursing, Infidelity, Grief, and Death of parent

annaka's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Love the world she’s created and the mysteries throughout the story. This book is a bit more violent and smutty than the last one but overall I still really enjoyed the read and world. 
Rachel Gillig is definitely an author I’ll return to. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Misogyny, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Terminal illness and Vomit

tabea1409's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

thissmoi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

Ok THIS is how you write a second book 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

ihonkfordragons's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

A great way to finish this story! The shift in perspectives was jarring at first, but it grew on me quickly. Elspeth's narrative in the first book was (fittingly) the roots and trunk of the story to get it going, and the second book expanded, spreading the story like branches to fill it out. Loved this book -- the world, the story, the characters. I liked seeing beyond Elspeth's narrow view to see a broader story told through many voices.

I was a little let down by how short this book felt and how clearly the line of good guys and bad guys was drawn. I felt like I was supposed to feel sympathetic for many of the "villains" of the first book, to try to understand their motivations. I felt like the villain we got was a lot less exciting than the villain I had imagined in speculation. This knocked a whole half a star off my final rating, taking away from my satisfaction in this finale. 

Overall a lovel  ending to a great story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Terminal illness, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism and Child death

kristinallard's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Terminal illness and Fire/Fire injury

wildflower_magic's review against another edition

adventurous fast-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

5.0

This duology is definitely in my top 5 reads of the year. So captivating. The characters are so lovable and have you rooting for them even through their mistakes. The magic system is so intriguing and I loved learning more and more as the story progressed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

whatsemilyreadin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Terminal illness and Torture

Minor: Alcoholism