Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

669 reviews

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

veeglessner's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

4.25

Was slow and hard to get into, but picked up speed and intrigue around the halfway mark. By the end I couldn't get enough and this is a series opener I'll actually read the sequel to!

Don't read spoilers (I didn't), this 3 POV book has some great devices that make you want to read again right away.

I would have benefitted from knowing there's a glossary at the back of the book... Oops.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Slavery

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Slavery, and Torture

Minor: Cannibalism

kbuckley22's review against another edition

Maybe I’ll return to it eventually. Maybe not. There is fascinating world building but much of the content is heavy and disturbing. I have tried twice now to get through it, but it gives me such intense nightmares that I have got to step away from it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, and Physical abuse

The beginning of the book, in second person perspective, details loss of a child through abuse. There are ongoing themes of prejudice that lead to further abuse of other children in the book.

c340's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Trafficking

shermansays's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, and Sexual content

Minor: Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Dysphoria

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

viceloki's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.5

Banger banger banger banger

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Xenophobia

morgueling's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

I hate it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Sexual content

violetaffairs's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

N.K. Jemisin has mastered the fantasy genre. This book is everything and more, words cannot describe how fantastic this book is. If you're looking for an in-depth, explorative, raw fantasy, look no further.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Child death

Moderate: Rape

andromedafalls's review against another edition

The child death and child abuse in here was already pretty triggering thus far, and my friend who loves this book advised me not to finish it due to something that happens close to the end.

For what it's worth, NK Jemisin is a masterful writer who made every detail so visceral and poignant that I am still very interested in picking up her work. This was just too specifically intense for me :(

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Child death