Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Children of Blood and Bone, by Tomi Adeyemi

130 reviews

alico's review against another edition

adventurous reflective 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? No

4.0

Set in Africa, it’s an adventurous tale about love, family, and bringing magic back to those who were born with the dormant abilities. It’s a race against time as they are hunted down by the king who is dead set on eradicating magic forever. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

ellieb09's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Injury/injury detail, Hate crime, War, Racism, Grief, Child abuse, Death, Classism, Violence, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Murder, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Gaslighting, and Blood

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Child death

Minor: Trafficking, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Slavery

daya_fae's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring sad 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

This book was such a great read. I just fell in love with all the world building that coated the pages. At every point in the book I could imagine myself there in the scenes taking place in the book. My only complaint about this story is the romance. The first official romance didn’t seem as convincing as the side romance. I feel like the romantic feelings weren’t given enough to full develop so that the eventual heartbreak could really be felt by readers. But overall I can’t wait for the movie to finally come out so I can see everything come to life. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Death of parent, Death, Blood, and Child abuse

trayslays's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Violence, Child death, War, Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Genocide, Grief, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Torture, Physical abuse, Blood, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Infidelity

overthinkereading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Injury/injury detail, Child abuse, Blood, Racism, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Death, Violence, Torture, War, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Classism, and Child death

escapismforlife's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

3.75

Where do I even begin with this one? 

For starters I'm really scared to pick up the second book in this triology. Especially  with the last quarter of this book. Though  a lot happened I was not surprised about. 

Of cours the world was beautiful. And the descriptions had its  moments  to. 

 I want to talk about the main characters Zélie and Amari. Because there was both shock and awe of the growth and confidence.  They both aren't perfect  by any means. Each make huge mistakes. But are  just teenagers that have to face  these major obstacles. In very different life  circumstances.  And both do it in a way that is graceful  but rightfully  pissed off. 

The world they live in has made them afraid and tough. But also vulnerable because  of fear. Yet by the end I think are prepared  for  whatever  happens  next in the world of Orïsha. Which is sure to be chaos after  the ending in this first book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Torture, Death, Confinement, Gore, Injury/injury detail, Violence, Death of parent, Grief, and Genocide

puggreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Murder, Child death, Death, Torture, Death of parent, Violence, Blood, Injury/injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Vomit and Sexual harassment

aharv9's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent

angievansprang's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

My first dip back into YA fantasy since I was young and I could not have chosen a better book! While the pacing can be slow at times, the ending of this story and the various plot twists that I did NOT see coming kept me enveloped in Adeyemi’s world of Orïsha. Overall a great read and I can’t wait to keep going with this series. (PS you don’t want to miss the author’s note at the end!)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Colonisation, Genocide, and Blood

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Death of parent

Minor: Grief, Torture, and War

francisca_pitterle's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, Hate crime, and Death of parent

Moderate: Blood