Reviews tagging 'Death'

Die Verlobten des Winters by Christelle Dabos

55 reviews

goldenjunegem's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Suicide, and Violence

issed's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.25

A reread- I need this injected into my veins 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Police brutality, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

fierceandlittle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

The beginning of this book was really interesting and captivating. However, from the middle to the end it was slow and I started to lose the plot. The premise of the book is very interesting, I just don’t think it was executed all that well.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

bookchatwithbeth's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.0

Very disappointed in this. So misogynistic/patriarchal, all the characters are horrid and deceptive and treat Ophelia terribly. No world building so nothing makes sense. Overall I’m just confused, bored, and put off. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, and Gaslighting

mollieweitzman's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.25

I really enjoyed this especially as an audiobook! It took a few chapters for me to really get into it and become invested in Ophelia (at the beginning she is kind of written as a “not like other girls” character) but the world building, magic system, and the MC really grew on me! It helps that the narrator is really vocally talented, all the accents are fun and I’m excited to see where the story goes from here honestly :)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Physical abuse

ransomoney's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

There are several production/editing issues with the audio book. Narrator repeating lines, messing up words, and awkward pauses and mouth noises. 

This book wasn’t really for me. almost dnf about half way through. The characters are all very cruel to each other, which makes sense within the setting but I didn’t enjoy reading. 

Also overuse of the word “lugubrious”

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Drug use, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Trafficking, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

penofpossibilities's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Suicide, Torture, Abortion, and Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Genocide, Infertility, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Vomit

zimmerlemon's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

3.75

I LOVED this at the beginning. The premise is sooo cool, the setting of Anima and Ophelia’s “reading” and the museum, the concept of the arks….so scrumptious. I was down with Thorn, I love a prickly love interest. It didn’t so much lose me in the middle as just go a direction I wasn’t expecting, but if you like court intrigue, you’ll be fine! The relationship between Thorn and Ophelia

didn’t develop in the way I expected, and the jump to where she thinks he’s in love with her kinda caught me off guard. They hadn’t been together in months, what did he have to fall in love with?? But I like the stage we’ve set now for a bit of enemies to lovers type of vibe.

Like a sci-fi pride and prejudice/bridgerton moment. I’m hoping the next books are good bc the end of this one roped me back in!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

hanahf's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Death, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Child death

itsreirei's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

I am soooo conflicted. I cannot in good conscience give this book a better rating...I REALLY wanted to like it but uhh...my brain was melting while reading it. 

This is an extremely slow start to the series, lots of information yet there's somehow even more things left unsaid and unclear. The characters are all two-faced and full of secrets, refuse to communicate - which wouldn't necessarily be a problem but it was just a lot, since it's not what I expected at all. 

This is a very heavy book to read (tbh, could've been a good 100+ pages shorter), NOT a fun ride, one has to put time and brain power into consuming it. 

I'll have to wait with continuing the sequels but also I am admittedly very intrigued to know what the fuck is happening because BOY was there a lot in here...

PS.: I ain't joking with the CWs, I might even have left out some, bruh

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism