Reviews tagging 'Cannibalism'

Prince of Thorns, by Mark Lawrence

6 reviews

surdiablo's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.0

If you ever wanted to read about a ruthless, murderous sociopath protagonist for a change, this book is for you. It does not hold back in any way right from the beginning and it's such a wild ride seeing things from Jorg's point of view. It does require some suspension of disbelief however, a teenager being the leader of a vicious band of outlaws and always comes out alive in every scenario, but the way he does it is rather unpredictable or ridiculous that I had a good time reading it nonetheless. The story keeps shifting between present and past events however so that might ruin the flow if you dislike flashbacks chapters. I would recommend this if you are a fan of grimdark and don't mind mentions of rape or protagonist being a complete piece of crap. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Child death, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Rape and Cannibalism

i_write_on_occasion's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

A dark story with the most messed up anti-hero I've ever read. Difficult to stomach at times

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Minor: Animal death and Cannibalism

writingcaia's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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

3.5

Interesting story this one of Jorg, the Prince caught in the thorns watching the ones he loves the most die while unable to stop it.
When you meet him he is a savage, brutal, uncaring, ruthless kid, only thirteen, which kind of boggles the mind. But, I guess it is the Broken Empire and there are explanations and manipulations but there’s still a lot of violence that felt a bit too gratuitous and less mentions to rape would have tasted much better, still we end up realising everything has a reason, somewhat.
The plot is solid, sometimes leading places you would never guess, which makes it surprising and fun, but then gore, again. It’s the authors choice I guess.
The writing is pretty good, but both plot and writing in the author’s Book of the Ancestor trilogy are far superior, which is one of the reasons for my rating too.
The ending was not bad, not too much of a cliffhanger, just enough for you to know what’s what and making clear that he will be likely a bit older on the next book but his aim the same. How he will get there? Well I want to find out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Blood, Murder, Body horror, Vomit, Animal death, Gore, Injury/injury detail, Violence, and War

Moderate: Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Rape

m3gan0's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Amazing storytelling. You want to be disgusted and hate Jorg but he draws you along and eventually you realize you kind of love the crazy kid.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Blood, Death, Torture, Child death, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Torture and Sexual assault

Minor: Rape and Cannibalism

A lot of people die, often horribly but the camera doesn't linger.

voxelbee's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Gore, Injury/injury detail, Murder, Torture, Violence, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Animal death, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual assault and War

Minor: Genocide, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Body horror, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Fatphobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual assault, Racism, and Rape

areaderheart's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Death, Animal death, Death of parent, Violence, Sexual content, Sexism, Sexual assault, Gore, Body horror, Torture, Religious bigotry, Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Genocide, Murder, Physical abuse, and Racial slurs