Reviews tagging 'Death'

Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence

16 reviews

niki258devil_angel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Rape, Cannibalism, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

garrettcz's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

I loved this book so much I immediately read the entire trilogy, which rarely happens for me. I Couldn’t put any of them down! This series is really great. Dark as hell, but great. Check the content warnings for sure. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

rainyghost's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and War

jadey2721's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Torture, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

keziamichela's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This was incredibly unnerving and constantly disturbing, but there was just something about the plot and characters that had me hooked. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing and Torture

Minor: Child death and Rape

ragand's review against another edition

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, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Murder

carrionkid's review against another edition

4.0

Not gonna lie, the twist is ABSOLUTELY what sold me on this book, like it would've been so mid if it weren't for the reveal halfway through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Rape and Pregnancy

lotharith's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Rape

aroyal_retreat's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Violence

Minor: Rape

whirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

An excellent anti-hero, dark and grim but captivating and interesting 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Torture, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape