Reviews tagging 'Death'

A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab

40 reviews

rinku's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Kidnapping, Torture, Violence, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content

donatio's review

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious tense fast-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

Like ADOM this was a reread and definitely took some of the tension out of it since the world building is not as heavy as in ADOM anymore, but I still like the book, especially the writing style, the way everything comes to life in my mind and the characters. I remember being absolutely captivated by the book when I first read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Murder and Physical abuse

Minor: Sexual content

rdmoreland0801's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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

4.5

I’m glad Lila got her own storyline in this book, but she can be a really terrible person.

It’s hard to fault her because of her life up until this point, but she is constantly dragging others down with her.  She’s selfish and impulsive and I hope to see growth in the final book.

I absolutely adore Alucard Emery, and he makes a great match with Rhy.  No wonder Kell hates him so much.

I loved the action of the Essan Tasche and getting to meet all the other magicians.  The best part of these books are the fight scenes.  V.E. Schwab does these scenes so well, you can vividly pictures them in your mind.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Death

purplepenning's review

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Blood, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol and Fire/Fire injury

headinthepages's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Abandonment, Ableism, Grief, Blood, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Murder, Body horror, Death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

queen_saysan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Self harm, Alcoholism, and Kidnapping

littletiramisu's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Torture, Blood, Murder, Violence, and Misogyny

theintrovertsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Self harm, Blood, Stalking, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

chronicacademia's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Alcohol, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

trintrin's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

THAT ENDING!!!! ;-;

Okay so plot-wise pretty much nothing significant happens other than the Essen Tasch and it was quite slow and mostly felt like a filler book but MY GOD did I enjoy this more than I thought I would. The writing is beautiful as expected from Schwab, the characters are so loveable and relatable and I love that their personalities were so much more explored in this one.

Lila is a badass and I'm totally in love with her. Rhy is still a sweetheart and I wanna protect him with my life. Kell, oh, Kell, I still wanna give you a hug, you poor boy. I can't make up my mind if Alucard has an ulterior motive or not. I like him nonetheless. Absolutely adore Rhy and Kell's dynamic.

Spoiler

I was so proud of Holland's come back but then he had to go ahead and ruin it ://

Terrified but also excited to start the next one after that cliff hanger of an ending.

Spoilers for the Grishaverse:

Spoiler

I was thinking just how much Alucard reminded me of Nikolai Lantsov -- aka the prince turned pirate privateer -- what with how those two are so annoyingly charming but also how Alina/Lila describe how they wear different faces for different occasions. I really should've known Alucard would also be royal with the way he was so fluent in High Royal, but somehow I totally wasn't expecting that lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping, Murder, Self harm, Alcohol, Death, and Gore